Where were you on the upgrade list for your Delta flight?

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Jan 13, 2016, 10:38 am

#256

haddon90

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i wonder how ATL-SNA is on the 757. haven't flown DL in years and contemplating this flight next month.

Jan 15, 2016, 9:09 pm

#257

jpdx

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How are the upgrade odds on DL PDX-LAX-PDX mid-day, mid-week? These flights currently price at $124 RT on both DL and AS, but due to an AMEX credit card cashback offer, three of these would cost me $360 on AS but only $110 on DL.

Jan 17, 2016, 4:59 pm

#258

Widgets

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SEA-MSO/BZN/BIL on DL are currently CRJ-700/900s or E170/175s that very often leave with several empty First Class seats.

MT -> SEA depart early morning
SEA -> MT depart late night (typically)

Jan 17, 2016, 5:15 pm

#259

PDXPremier

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Originally Posted by jpdx

What exactly is the cash back offer you are referring to?

Jan 17, 2016, 7:36 pm

#260

Jimgotkp

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Targeted AMEX Sync offer that gives $100 off for spending $500 on Delta.

Jan 18, 2016, 8:01 am

#261

channa

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Quote:

Originally Posted by haddon90

i wonder how ATL-SNA is on the 757. haven't flown DL in years and contemplating this flight next month.

There's a lot of money in SNA. I can't imagine this being an easy upgrade. Probably even more difficult than ATL-LAX.

Jan 18, 2016, 11:11 am

#262

haddon90

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Quote:

Originally Posted by channa

There's a lot of money in SNA. I can't imagine this being an easy upgrade. Probably even more difficult than ATL-LAX.

that is what i figured. DL had a decent fare MDW-ATL-SNA but AA has a $90 o/w i snagged instead. didn't feel like flying all the way down to ATL. i wish i could do AS ORD-SEA-SNA but the cost is insane.

Jan 18, 2016, 11:34 am

#263

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Quote:

Originally Posted by channa

There's a lot of money in SNA. I can't imagine this being an easy upgrade. Probably even more difficult than ATL-LAX.

not sure it is more difficult than ATL-LAX, but probably not easy. most DMs have to use RUC to get into F on ATL-LAX...

Jan 18, 2016, 1:36 pm

#264

jpdx

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Originally Posted by Jimgotkp

Targeted AMEX Sync offer that gives $100 off for spending $500 on Delta.

$250 off $1000 in my case. I had spent $650 on DL already, so ended up buying three PDX-LAX RTs on DL, for a post-cashback cost of ~$35 per RT. Figured even if I don't get any upgrades, it's a great deal.

Jan 25, 2016, 5:01 pm

#265

travelmonkey05

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flew YVR-LAX on the weekend... just missed out on the way down (2/2 at departure), but got my upgrade on the way back

with a mostly empty business class too.

Feb 24, 2016, 1:45 pm

#266

mills1090

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1/17 me and companion (MVP) both cleared on LAX-SJO.
1/21 I cleared SJO-ATL.

Feb 24, 2016, 1:50 pm

#267

PABE

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2/13 SEA-GEG on a CPdbaDL E75. Wasn't paying attention to upgrades, but a new seat assignment printed at boarding pass scan.

Feb 26, 2016, 6:41 am

#268

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Mr. FB (MVP) and I (Gold 75K) were the only ones on the UG list for DL 2464 from TPA-JFK this morning, and with 6 empty seats in F, we cleared well before boarding started. F went out with one empty seat.

Mar 1, 2016, 1:23 pm

#269

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ok, so something weird just happened.

I got an upgrade on DL YYZ-ATL for 12 days from now today....

DL ticket, AS# in reservation.

Mar 9, 2016, 8:14 pm

#270

jinglish

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Well, I'm about six hours away from my first DL flight since becoming an MVP, and so far I'm 1 of 1 on the upgrade list for PDX-MSP. It's a redeye, though, so... yeah.