eracerblue

Ok - the same thing is happening with my next two cabin flight, looking to eUp.

I keep checking BCD, which tells me J3, though I can see via ac.com View Seats that it should say J7. R space is consistently 0, though all other flights on that day have tons of R. It's on a A319-100. J3 Y9 B9 M9 U9 H9 Q9 V5. One odd thing is that all the other flights that day show double or more letter code availabilities.

I wasn't checking BCD when I booked (new to eUps). I'm Flex G, and likely picked this particular option for price, though it could have simply been availability. Often when reviewing options, there will be one or two withe a clear lowest price (in a brand class) - which I assumed was purely based on open space, but now I'm not so sure.

I can try EF shortly when I slide into my eUp window, but I have my doubts based on other flights on that day showing R etc far in advance.

Thoughts?

canadiancow

The seat map shows you which seats are booked/blocked, and unassigned.

You can buy a ticket without selecting a seat, in which case, it might go from J8 to J7, but there'd still be 8 unoccupied seats on the map.

Never trust the seat map.

jc94

(Nearly?) all TA booked travel won't automatically reserve a seat. And you can buy yourself without doing so, which always strikes me as odd but it happens. Or you could buy a seat and the AC site won't let you pick seats.
If you don't have EF try buying 2/3/4/5/6/7 seats and see when the AC website stops offering that flight.

eracerblue

Hmm, I always figured that anything but heavily discounted seats were pre-assigned in some fashion.

So my travel plans have changed, but I'm keen to figure out what was happening here with AC221 today, so I can do this better in future.

I have an EF trial, which now shows:
J4 C1 D1 Z0 P0 R0 Y9 B9 M8 U6 H4 Q2
V0 W0 G0 S0 T0 L0 A0 K0
compared to BCD on Feb 7: J3 Y9 B9 M9 U9 H9 Q9 V5
I believe I saw J as high as 6 at one point.

For this and many dates (Monday's etc) in to the future R is 0 on this flight, while most all others on that day have >R1. It feels like something other than simple formulas in the background, as on several occasions I would have figured R would have been released. Is R more manual than that? Do they block it off on certain flights for undisclosed reasons?

eracerblue

PS. I did create an R1 alert several days ago, which never triggered.

yyznomad

@eracerblue!

How dare you try this hard to eUpgrade onto a one hour flight! You're less of a person because of this (according to the RCHHMP constables here)
(your eUps are expiring month-end and you need to use them? invalid reason! you can only use your eUps two days prior to expiry and anymore prior to that must mean you are a petty individual!)
You hear me! I'm judging you!

eracerblue

pkdi

HI All,

I'm new to E and trying to figure out the best ways to use my e-ups. Where I work for a nonprofit I am usually booked into Tango.

1. It would be difficult to justify paying for an upgrade, though I could do so out of pocket, are upgrades every available on T with just e-ups and without paying cash?

2. What is the best strategy for trying to get this particular flight upgraded?

3. Recently (February/18) I was on a flight to Chicago, and was very new to E status, I stopped by AC customer service at YYZ to ask if I could upgrade my seat they said they would add me to the waitlist and that I would more than likely get the upgrade. In the end I did and my e-ups were only reduced by 1 from 40 to 39. Is this normal? Is it a better use of E-ups to do it at the airport on the day of?

Thank-you in advance for help.

PS I'm happy to do some reading on my own, is there some recommended reading on how best to use the system?

Seat13F_AC_CRJ

Error in judgement.

Bohemian1

System wide upgrade coupons are back???

pkdi

Hi All --- Just looking for some advice. I'm hoping to e-up on YYZ-YYC AC009 - May 2. There has been zero R space since the 14 day window (i'm a nominee for a SE).

What happens between now and t-24?

At t-24 what is the priority in terms of the upgrades being given out?


Thanks all.


PK

canadiancow

Between now and then, they may clear people off the waitlist. You have SE priority at this point.

After checkin, your priority drops to your own status (E50K).

pkdi

Thanks for explaining. I'm more concerned about YVR-YYZ redeye two weeks from now. So I have cancelled the SE upgrade request and moved it to my own. This was really helpful

canadiancow

You're aware that lowers your priority, right?

RZR

Hi I’m looking for info or a link. { I had an AC link save , but it now goes to cyberspace}



AC824 June 1 yyz-ams. Blue square not available on upgrade page. Expert flyer shows P9.



If I recall correctly , Lat fare should be upgradeable?