May 3, 2019, 11:36 am
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:
2/2/19 SEA-ANC AS 67 75K Upgrade cleared at T-120 hours
2/19/19 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:
2/2/19 SEA-ANC AS 67 75K Upgrade cleared at T-120 hours
2/19/19 MSY-SEA AS 887 MVPG Didn't clear 4/22 on waitlist
I Got/Didn't Get MVP/Gold/75K Upgrade on AS (2019)
Aug 9, 2019, 7:00 pm
#331
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 38,633
8/9 OAK/SEA. 75K. Purchased months ago. V class.
No upgrade for me!
.... No go. #3 and 4 on the list. F sold out for weeks. Debbie Harry and her entourage took up much of the F cabin and some of Y, too. So much for choosing the 739 for a better chance.
No upgrade for me!
.... No go. #3 and 4 on the list. F sold out for weeks. Debbie Harry and her entourage took up much of the F cabin and some of Y, too. So much for choosing the 739 for a better chance.
Aug 9, 2019, 9:27 pm
#332
Moderator: Alaska Mileage Plan
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 12,318
I'm not a big fan of celebrity sightings on flights, but that one is pretty cool.
Aug 11, 2019, 1:46 pm
#333
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: AS 100k, DL PM, New Sagaya
Posts: 1,291
I am in I for BWI-PDX today on AS385. No waitlist, and had three open F until about two hours out from departure. Was all empty middle PC seats but all full now there.
Aug 11, 2019, 10:40 pm
#334
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Over the Bay Bridge, CA
Programs: Jumbo mas
Posts: 38,633
11 Aug
SEA/SFO
75K. #3 and 4 on list. A320. F full for days.
L fare
0 for 3 in 2019 and all were shorter haul. Every visit to the F cabin in the past couple of years has either been paid or a GGU @ booking.
SEA/SFO
75K. #3 and 4 on list. A320. F full for days.
L fare
0 for 3 in 2019 and all were shorter haul. Every visit to the F cabin in the past couple of years has either been paid or a GGU @ booking.
Aug 12, 2019, 9:19 am
#336
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: PIT
Programs: AS Peon
Posts: 202
8/9/2019
SEA-FAT
AS3490
MVP
K
No companion
Cleared into F at T-48
Purchased around a month ago.
8/11/2019
FAT-SEA
AS3491
MVP
G
No companion
Cleared into Y+ at about T-48, F maybe T-3?
Purchased around a month ago.
100% upgrade rate into F on flights between SEA and FAT this year, 0% on all else. Luckily, this is by far my most common flight, so I've been overall very pleased with my first year as an MVP!
SEA-FAT
AS3490
MVP
K
No companion
Cleared into F at T-48
Purchased around a month ago.
8/11/2019
FAT-SEA
AS3491
MVP
G
No companion
Cleared into Y+ at about T-48, F maybe T-3?
Purchased around a month ago.
100% upgrade rate into F on flights between SEA and FAT this year, 0% on all else. Luckily, this is by far my most common flight, so I've been overall very pleased with my first year as an MVP!
Aug 12, 2019, 9:34 am
#337
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 10,724
8/9/2019
SEA-FAT
AS3490
MVP
K
No companion
Cleared into F at T-48
Purchased around a month ago.
8/11/2019
FAT-SEA
AS3491
MVP
G
No companion
Cleared into Y+ at about T-48, F maybe T-3?
Purchased around a month ago.
100% upgrade rate into F on flights between SEA and FAT this year, 0% on all else. Luckily, this is by far my most common flight, so I've been overall very pleased with my first year as an MVP!
SEA-FAT
AS3490
MVP
K
No companion
Cleared into F at T-48
Purchased around a month ago.
8/11/2019
FAT-SEA
AS3491
MVP
G
No companion
Cleared into Y+ at about T-48, F maybe T-3?
Purchased around a month ago.
100% upgrade rate into F on flights between SEA and FAT this year, 0% on all else. Luckily, this is by far my most common flight, so I've been overall very pleased with my first year as an MVP!
Aug 12, 2019, 10:01 am
#338
Used to be 'g_leyser'
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Brandon Johnson International Airport (expect delays)
Programs: AA PlatPro, HH Gold, Bonvoy Gold, IHG Plat, Reno Air MEGA Platinum
Posts: 10,039
8/9 OAK/SEA. 75K. Purchased months ago. V class.
No upgrade for me!
.... No go. #3 and 4 on the list. F sold out for weeks. Debbie Harry and her entourage took up much of the F cabin and some of Y, too. So much for choosing the 739 for a better chance.
No upgrade for me!
.... No go. #3 and 4 on the list. F sold out for weeks. Debbie Harry and her entourage took up much of the F cabin and some of Y, too. So much for choosing the 739 for a better chance.
Soon turned out I'd fly economy class..."
Aug 12, 2019, 10:56 am
#339
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: BUR/LAX
Programs: AS MVP
Posts: 300
8/1/19 BUR-SEA AS 589 MVP Not even close .... 16/18 on the list
8/5/19 BUR-SEA AS 1150 MVP 5/8 on the list - if we'd had a new config A320 I still wouldn't have made the cut
I'm 0% on flights to/from BUR this year. So many more elites on that route than when I first moved to LA.
8/5/19 BUR-SEA AS 1150 MVP 5/8 on the list - if we'd had a new config A320 I still wouldn't have made the cut
I'm 0% on flights to/from BUR this year. So many more elites on that route than when I first moved to LA.
Aug 12, 2019, 11:06 am
#340
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Between BLI & PAE.
Programs: Nada of note these days….
Posts: 1,287
Caught a pair of UGs into FC at the gate for our 8/11 flight out of PHX to PAE on #2803.
we are both MVPGs, tixs were T class and purchased in late May.
we were third and fourth on the list of eight.
this flight was almost 90 mins late due to the incoming plane’s diversion to BOI for a medical emergency.
under the Force Majeure clause of the C of C no compensation is the most likely outcome of this later service.
the PAE terminal was full of unhappy folks awaiting their flight to SAN when we finally arrived.
we are both MVPGs, tixs were T class and purchased in late May.
we were third and fourth on the list of eight.
this flight was almost 90 mins late due to the incoming plane’s diversion to BOI for a medical emergency.
under the Force Majeure clause of the C of C no compensation is the most likely outcome of this later service.
the PAE terminal was full of unhappy folks awaiting their flight to SAN when we finally arrived.
Aug 12, 2019, 11:23 am
#341
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: LAX
Programs: AS MVPG, IHG Diamond Elite
Posts: 1,445
8/1/19 BUR-SEA AS 589 MVP Not even close .... 16/18 on the list
8/5/19 BUR-SEA AS 1150 MVP 5/8 on the list - if we'd had a new config A320 I still wouldn't have made the cut
I'm 0% on flights to/from BUR this year. So many more elites on that route than when I first moved to LA.
8/5/19 BUR-SEA AS 1150 MVP 5/8 on the list - if we'd had a new config A320 I still wouldn't have made the cut
I'm 0% on flights to/from BUR this year. So many more elites on that route than when I first moved to LA.
Aug 13, 2019, 6:52 pm
#343
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: London, UK
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, Marriot Platinum
Posts: 602
8/11 LAS-SEA AS141 MVPG Purchased 8/9.
F Upgrade c.12 hours before my flight even though I had not yet checked in. When I had checked the day before, there were 7 or 8 F seats available.
F Upgrade c.12 hours before my flight even though I had not yet checked in. When I had checked the day before, there were 7 or 8 F seats available.
Aug 20, 2019, 10:22 am
#344
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: SEA
Programs: WN A+, AS MVP75K, Marriott Platinum, National EE
Posts: 114
08/07/2019 SEA - PDX AS2890 75K - Cleared Overnight sometime
8/20/2019 SEA - SLC AS722 75K - SDC, cleared immediately into F. 6 seats still available, no one on Waitlist T-12 hours.
8/20/2019 SEA - SLC AS722 75K - SDC, cleared immediately into F. 6 seats still available, no one on Waitlist T-12 hours.
Aug 20, 2019, 12:18 pm
#345
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: USA
Programs: AS MVPG75k
Posts: 330
8/19/19 SFO-DCA AS 1001 75K - Cleared a full 5 days out - a first for me on this SFO-DCA route.
Interestingly, when I cleared, we were on an 8F pre-reconfig A321. T-48 from departure, plane swapped to reconfigured A321 with 16F. at T-12, plane swapped back to 8F pre-reconfig A321 and stayed that way. The result: I noticed three people who had been in rows 3-4 (presumably upgraded there during MVPG window), were relegated to the waitlist. No way to tell if they got re-upgraded at the gate. As has been discussed on this and the Airbus reconfig thread, we can expect these sorts of swaps back-and-forth to keep happening until reconfigs are done.
At boarding, the flight was oversold and the GAs had to compensate four volunteers to take a later flight.
Interestingly, when I cleared, we were on an 8F pre-reconfig A321. T-48 from departure, plane swapped to reconfigured A321 with 16F. at T-12, plane swapped back to 8F pre-reconfig A321 and stayed that way. The result: I noticed three people who had been in rows 3-4 (presumably upgraded there during MVPG window), were relegated to the waitlist. No way to tell if they got re-upgraded at the gate. As has been discussed on this and the Airbus reconfig thread, we can expect these sorts of swaps back-and-forth to keep happening until reconfigs are done.
At boarding, the flight was oversold and the GAs had to compensate four volunteers to take a later flight.
Last edited by jjmadison; Aug 20, 2019 at 12:25 pm