Last edit by: dayone
Please post your upgrade successes & failures including:
Date
Route (Please bold if failure)
Flight Number
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K)
Fare Class
Add companion if there was one
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear
Date of ticket purchase
Examples:
2/2/17 SEA-ANC AS 67 75K Upgrade cleared at T-120 hours
8/1/17 MSY-SEA AS 887 MVPG Didn't clear 4/22 on waitlist
Date
Route (Please bold if failure)
Flight Number
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K)
Fare Class
Add companion if there was one
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear
Date of ticket purchase
Examples:
2/2/17 SEA-ANC AS 67 75K Upgrade cleared at T-120 hours
8/1/17 MSY-SEA AS 887 MVPG Didn't clear 4/22 on waitlist
I got didn't get MVP/GOLD/75K Upgrade on AS (2017)
#556
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Alaska 100K - MM, defender of shoes on the carpeted bulkhead 4ever, AA LT PLT, Hyatt Glob, HH Dia
Posts: 7,445
#557
12/18/17
Route DFW-SEA
Flight Number 669
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K) Gold
Fare Class R
Add companion if there was one Nein
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear Probably ~72 hrs out
Date of ticket purchase No idea
Route DFW-SEA
Flight Number 669
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K) Gold
Fare Class R
Add companion if there was one Nein
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear Probably ~72 hrs out
Date of ticket purchase No idea
#560
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Posts: 10,909
12/14/17 AS 863 PDX-OGG K class booked with companion fare coupon. MVPG. 5 of 12 on WL (partner was way down on UG list as he has no status, but I thought we both were either UG together or bypassed??)
12/24/17 AS 862 OGG-PDX K class. Checked our flights incessantly after purchase until one random weekend there were 2 U seats available with my gold guest upgrade coupons, so snagged them!! SCORE!!!! This flight will (re) qualify me for MVG and him for MVP.
12/24/17 AS 862 OGG-PDX K class. Checked our flights incessantly after purchase until one random weekend there were 2 U seats available with my gold guest upgrade coupons, so snagged them!! SCORE!!!! This flight will (re) qualify me for MVG and him for MVP.
#561
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 10,724
12/17/17
AS 3356
PDX-ONT
MVP (+companion)
Upgraded around T-23
Kinda surprised to get auto-upgraded on this flight since I was flying with my non-status son on the same reservation and I thought MVPs weren't eligible for companion upgrades. We both got auto-upgraded and I received the email confirmation about T-23. This is the second time this year I've been upgraded with a non-status companion on my reservation
AS 3356
PDX-ONT
MVP (+companion)
Upgraded around T-23
Kinda surprised to get auto-upgraded on this flight since I was flying with my non-status son on the same reservation and I thought MVPs weren't eligible for companion upgrades. We both got auto-upgraded and I received the email confirmation about T-23. This is the second time this year I've been upgraded with a non-status companion on my reservation
#562
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Anchorage, AK
Programs: MVP Gold
Posts: 215
12/16/17
Route IAH-SEA
Flight Number 347
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K) Gold
Fare Class R
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear 72 hrs out
Date of ticket purchase 11/1/2017
Route IAH-SEA
Flight Number 347
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K) Gold
Fare Class R
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear 72 hrs out
Date of ticket purchase 11/1/2017
#563
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: NYC
Programs: AS MVPG75K; UA 1K
Posts: 186
Upgrade fail
895 SAN to HNL
Purchased 3/02/17
Purchased 3/02/17
Fare class Y
Put in UG cert put on wait-list
Three people in standby list got upgraded last min
What gives??
Put in UG cert put on wait-list
Three people in standby list got upgraded last min
What gives??
#564
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northern Calif./Eastern Ida.
Programs: Amethyst Premier Plutonium Medallion
Posts: 20,633
without knowing the details of your status and reservation as well as the others it is impossible to say how 3 others were upgraded. if the process worked as it should, those folks had higher status than you and also had Y fares. if you have 75K status, they purchased before you and also had Y fares and 75K status. however, the process is known to have some flaws.
#565
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Northern Calif./Eastern Ida.
Programs: Amethyst Premier Plutonium Medallion
Posts: 20,633
12/24
AS3428 at booking Y fare
AS296 at T-2 H fare
mvpg + companion booked 3 weeks out
AS3428 at booking Y fare
AS296 at T-2 H fare
mvpg + companion booked 3 weeks out
#566
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 123
2739 PDX> TUS Dec 22
2772 TUS> PDX Dec 27
Purchased Dec 4
Fare class U
MVPG
Upgraded to 1st both flights Dec 16.
Very surprised to be upgraded for the flight on the 27th 11 days prior. Upon Checking availability after being upgraded, every seat in 1st except mine remained unsold. This is on an E75. I guess they figured they wouldn't sell 11 seats in next 10 days.
2772 TUS> PDX Dec 27
Purchased Dec 4
Fare class U
MVPG
Upgraded to 1st both flights Dec 16.
Very surprised to be upgraded for the flight on the 27th 11 days prior. Upon Checking availability after being upgraded, every seat in 1st except mine remained unsold. This is on an E75. I guess they figured they wouldn't sell 11 seats in next 10 days.
#567
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
2739 PDX> TUS Dec 22
2772 TUS> PDX Dec 27
Purchased Dec 4
Fare class U
MVPG
Upgraded to 1st both flights Dec 16.
Very surprised to be upgraded for the flight on the 27th 11 days prior. Upon Checking availability after being upgraded, every seat in 1st except mine remained unsold. This is on an E75. I guess they figured they wouldn't sell 11 seats in next 10 days.
2772 TUS> PDX Dec 27
Purchased Dec 4
Fare class U
MVPG
Upgraded to 1st both flights Dec 16.
Very surprised to be upgraded for the flight on the 27th 11 days prior. Upon Checking availability after being upgraded, every seat in 1st except mine remained unsold. This is on an E75. I guess they figured they wouldn't sell 11 seats in next 10 days.
Happy you were upgraded, enjoy Tucson, Merry Christmas. I will be at my vacation home in PHX in February. Already used a companion fare and both immediately upgraded BOS-SEA-PHX, PHX-SEA-YLW.
PS Flight AS2772 12/27 currently showing:
F5 D5 P4 U4 A0 Y7 Z7 S4 B4 M3 H3
L V K G T R N W E all at 0
Looks like a light flight, surprised they haven't opened up any F saver awards (A0)
#568
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 10,724
2739 PDX> TUS Dec 22
2772 TUS> PDX Dec 27
Purchased Dec 4
Fare class U
MVPG
Upgraded to 1st both flights Dec 16.
Very surprised to be upgraded for the flight on the 27th 11 days prior. Upon Checking availability after being upgraded, every seat in 1st except mine remained unsold. This is on an E75. I guess they figured they wouldn't sell 11 seats in next 10 days.
2772 TUS> PDX Dec 27
Purchased Dec 4
Fare class U
MVPG
Upgraded to 1st both flights Dec 16.
Very surprised to be upgraded for the flight on the 27th 11 days prior. Upon Checking availability after being upgraded, every seat in 1st except mine remained unsold. This is on an E75. I guess they figured they wouldn't sell 11 seats in next 10 days.
#569
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: SFO
Programs: Delta Diamond Medallion, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 32
12/30/17 DTW-PDX (AS 731), fare class V, cleared at T-72
MVPG, booked two weeks ago
Merry Christmas to me
MVPG, booked two weeks ago
Merry Christmas to me
#570
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: SEA
Programs: AS MVP
Posts: 10
12/24/17 SEA-SJC AS 332 MVP : Upgrade cleared at T-48 hours
12/26/17 SJC-SEA AS 361 MVP : 6/11 on waitlist; no one seemed to clear (full flight, first class looked to be full of kids + families)
12/26/17 SJC-SEA AS 361 MVP : 6/11 on waitlist; no one seemed to clear (full flight, first class looked to be full of kids + families)