Jan 8, 2018, 2:39 pm
Last edit by: flyupfrnt
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:
2/2/18 SEA-ANC AS 67 75K Upgrade cleared at T-120 hours
2/19/18 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:
2/2/18 SEA-ANC AS 67 75K Upgrade cleared at T-120 hours
2/19/18 MSY-SEA AS 887 MVPG Didn't clear 4/22 on waitlist
I Got/Didn't Get MVP/Gold/75K Upgrade on AS (2018)
Dec 2, 2018, 11:22 pm
#496
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
Absolutely not! Quite to the contrary. The WOW is utter disbelief from the flight crew. It is one thing to diss your employer and another to disrespect the passengers paying your salary increase, but when they turn a blind eye to policy and safety then there is a real issue. I will NOT fly another flight on an Airbus with a former VX crew. When they refuse to wear a nametag I don't believe they have any intention of providing good service.
I flew N282VN on both flights. I couldn't believe how much filth and grime there was. The "white" leather recliners had hues of black. Whose brilliance was it to put in a transparent plastic purple mirror that lets you look through a distorted reflection of yourself and call it a bulkhead?
It is the only time I can recall not feeling safe on a flight. Not one, but both. AS will receive a detailed letter expressing my concerns. I won't discuss the specifics here.
James
I flew N282VN on both flights. I couldn't believe how much filth and grime there was. The "white" leather recliners had hues of black. Whose brilliance was it to put in a transparent plastic purple mirror that lets you look through a distorted reflection of yourself and call it a bulkhead?
It is the only time I can recall not feeling safe on a flight. Not one, but both. AS will receive a detailed letter expressing my concerns. I won't discuss the specifics here.
James
Dec 3, 2018, 12:34 am
#498
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
James
Dec 3, 2018, 9:10 am
#499
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 10,723
Thank you. It says Alaska Airlines on the outside, on the inside it was everything but. I found 6E more comfortable that 2D but looking through purple plexiglass with the distortion actually made me feel nauseous and the small windows with the shades down even during takeoff and landing made it fell a little claustrophobic. All that coupled with a severely disengaged flight crew made for a really uncomfortable experience. My following flight from SEA-PHX in F on a B739 was amazing, as usual.
James
James
Dec 3, 2018, 10:07 am
#500
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
I may have missed a post or two about this, but why were the shades down? Requested by the crew I assume? I'm typically an aisle seat kinda guy but one of my pet peeves about not sitting at the window is when the person at the window seat keeps the shade closed the entire time, particularly during take-off and landing and I agree, it makes me feel claustrophobic as well. I was on an American Eagle flight from CLT-LEX this past summer where nearly everyone at the window seats on the cramped CRJ-200 had the shades closed....awful....just awful.
James
Sorry, this has gone a little (okay, a lot ) off topic. My experience on both flights was concerning and I will follow up directly with Alaska.
Dec 3, 2018, 10:37 am
#501
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: SFO
Programs: AS, UA, WN, IHG Diamond Elite, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Gold, CET 7*
Posts: 3,299
Absolutely not! Quite to the contrary. The WOW is utter disbelief from the flight crew. It is one thing to diss your employer and another to disrespect the passengers paying your salary increase, but when they turn a blind eye to policy and safety then there is a real issue. I will NOT fly another flight on an Airbus with a former VX crew. When they refuse to wear a nametag I don't believe they have any intention of providing good service.
I flew N282VN on both flights. I couldn't believe how much filth and grime there was. The "white" leather recliners had hues of black. Whose brilliance was it to put in a transparent plastic purple mirror that lets you look through a distorted reflection of yourself and call it a bulkhead?
It is the only time I can recall not feeling safe on a flight. Not one, but both. AS will receive a detailed letter expressing my concerns. I won't discuss the specifics here.
James
I flew N282VN on both flights. I couldn't believe how much filth and grime there was. The "white" leather recliners had hues of black. Whose brilliance was it to put in a transparent plastic purple mirror that lets you look through a distorted reflection of yourself and call it a bulkhead?
It is the only time I can recall not feeling safe on a flight. Not one, but both. AS will receive a detailed letter expressing my concerns. I won't discuss the specifics here.
James
It's absolutely horrible what Alaska Airlines has done with what was once a well maintained fleet. And I've experienced the crew issue as well. 3 of my last compensations for no PDB since the new & improved policy were against pmVX crews.
I'd love to hear what kind of response you get from them when it's received.
Dec 3, 2018, 11:00 am
#502
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
My opinion on this is that if it was even minorly important to safety the FAA would make a rule about it, just like they do about everything else. In my experience, AS does not have a policy about it, or, if they do, it's not enforced.
Dec 3, 2018, 4:00 pm
#503
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: 7,442
12/2 AS922
75k
6/49
cleared as I was boarding or shortly afterwards in all 7 cleared
12/3 AS 3
75k
2/22
cleared at t-12 hours, not complaining as DCA-SEA is a 🦄 upgrade for me
75k
6/49
cleared as I was boarding or shortly afterwards in all 7 cleared
12/3 AS 3
75k
2/22
cleared at t-12 hours, not complaining as DCA-SEA is a 🦄 upgrade for me
Dec 5, 2018, 10:08 am
#504
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Anchorage, AK
Programs: Lifetime AS 1MM & MVPG, AS MVPG100K, AA, DL, HH-G
Posts: 8,251
12/6/2018
ANC-SIT
Flight Number 62
MVPGold/75K
Fare Class L
T-29 last seat available for selection-1F
Purchased 11/8/2018
ANC-SIT
Flight Number 62
MVPGold/75K
Fare Class L
T-29 last seat available for selection-1F
Purchased 11/8/2018
Last edited by BOB W; Dec 5, 2018 at 7:26 pm Reason: corrected flight date
Dec 5, 2018, 10:24 am
#506
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 38,621
Dec 5, 2018, 5:23 pm
#508
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: SEA, but up and down the coast a lot
Programs: Oceanic Airlines Gold Elite
Posts: 20,384
11/2 AS 1487 SJC-SEA MVPG H fare 18/29 on waitlist, got 6F at booking
11/30 AS 656 SEA-PHX MVPG T fare 11/24 on waitlist, got 16D at booking
12/4 AS 603 LAS-SEA MVPG T fare, upgrade at airport at T-30 minutes.
11/30 AS 656 SEA-PHX MVPG T fare 11/24 on waitlist, got 16D at booking
12/4 AS 603 LAS-SEA MVPG T fare, upgrade at airport at T-30 minutes.
Dec 6, 2018, 12:50 pm
#510
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Bay Area
Programs: UA 1K, AA Plat, WN A-list, AS MVP 75K, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 380
12/3/18
SFO-ORD
AS 1206
75K
R Fare
Cleared T-72
Purchased in September
12/5/18
ORD-SFO
AS 1211
75K
R Fare
2nd on list, #1 cleared at T-24. That was it.
Purchased in September
SFO-ORD
AS 1206
75K
R Fare
Cleared T-72
Purchased in September
12/5/18
ORD-SFO
AS 1211
75K
R Fare
2nd on list, #1 cleared at T-24. That was it.
Purchased in September