Dec 30, 2019, 12:52 pm
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:
2/2/20 SEA-ANC AS 67 75K Upgrade cleared at T-120 hours
2/19/20 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:
2/2/20 SEA-ANC AS 67 75K Upgrade cleared at T-120 hours
2/19/20 MSY-SEA AS 887 MVPG Didn't clear 4/22 on waitlist
I Got/Didn't Get MVP/Gold/75K Upgrade on AS (2020)
Sep 23, 2020, 7:34 pm
#181
Join Date: Dec 2017
Programs: AS MVPG75K, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 126
9/22
CHS-SEA #787
Gold
Class?
With companion also Gold on same reservation
Cleared 10 minutes before boarding
We were #1 and #2 on the waitlist. Initially only I cleared although there was a seat open next to me. Approached the gate agents and requested my spouse (also gold) be upgraded and seated next to me. They gave me this line "we can only fill first class up to 65% and we are at 50% now so we can't clear him until the flight attendants agree to allow it." What??? Ended up both clearing only minutes before boarding. The plane was a 787-800 and both flight attendants were sitting in the first row. All other rows had a least one person seated. Service was good and I liked the Curry Chicken Wrap.
CHS-SEA #787
Gold
Class?
With companion also Gold on same reservation
Cleared 10 minutes before boarding
We were #1 and #2 on the waitlist. Initially only I cleared although there was a seat open next to me. Approached the gate agents and requested my spouse (also gold) be upgraded and seated next to me. They gave me this line "we can only fill first class up to 65% and we are at 50% now so we can't clear him until the flight attendants agree to allow it." What??? Ended up both clearing only minutes before boarding. The plane was a 787-800 and both flight attendants were sitting in the first row. All other rows had a least one person seated. Service was good and I liked the Curry Chicken Wrap.
Sep 23, 2020, 9:12 pm
#182
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: AS 75K, BW Plat, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hilton Gold
Posts: 10,725
9/22
CHS-SEA #787
Gold
Class?
With companion also Gold on same reservation
Cleared 10 minutes before boarding
We were #1 and #2 on the waitlist. Initially only I cleared although there was a seat open next to me. Approached the gate agents and requested my spouse (also gold) be upgraded and seated next to me. They gave me this line "we can only fill first class up to 65% and we are at 50% now so we can't clear him until the flight attendants agree to allow it." What??? Ended up both clearing only minutes before boarding. The plane was a 787-800 and both flight attendants were sitting in the first row. All other rows had a least one person seated. Service was good and I liked the Curry Chicken Wrap.
CHS-SEA #787
Gold
Class?
With companion also Gold on same reservation
Cleared 10 minutes before boarding
We were #1 and #2 on the waitlist. Initially only I cleared although there was a seat open next to me. Approached the gate agents and requested my spouse (also gold) be upgraded and seated next to me. They gave me this line "we can only fill first class up to 65% and we are at 50% now so we can't clear him until the flight attendants agree to allow it." What??? Ended up both clearing only minutes before boarding. The plane was a 787-800 and both flight attendants were sitting in the first row. All other rows had a least one person seated. Service was good and I liked the Curry Chicken Wrap.
Sep 23, 2020, 11:07 pm
#183
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVPG 75K, BA Silver, AC, AF/KL, AV, VS | Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott
Posts: 459
9/19
PDX-LAX
AS1300
75K
W (I think)
1/1...
I checked the seat map all the way up to boarding and there was still a free row (2A/C) available and I was the only person on the waitlist. I noticed a passenger at the desk because he was talking to the gate agent for what seemed like an extraordinary long time and I wondered if something was wrong. Then he just stood to the side but still close by. When boarding began I refreshed my app and I was still in Premium and still the only person waitlisted but I boarded with my row. When boarding was just about completed, the passenger boarded and sat in 2C! I refreshed the app and sure enough, I was then #2.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
PDX-LAX
AS1300
75K
W (I think)
1/1...
I checked the seat map all the way up to boarding and there was still a free row (2A/C) available and I was the only person on the waitlist. I noticed a passenger at the desk because he was talking to the gate agent for what seemed like an extraordinary long time and I wondered if something was wrong. Then he just stood to the side but still close by. When boarding began I refreshed my app and I was still in Premium and still the only person waitlisted but I boarded with my row. When boarding was just about completed, the passenger boarded and sat in 2C! I refreshed the app and sure enough, I was then #2.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sep 24, 2020, 1:39 am
#184
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
9/19
PDX-LAX
AS1300
75K
W (I think)
1/1...
I checked the seat map all the way up to boarding and there was still a free row (2A/C) available and I was the only person on the waitlist. I noticed a passenger at the desk because he was talking to the gate agent for what seemed like an extraordinary long time and I wondered if something was wrong. Then he just stood to the side but still close by. When boarding began I refreshed my app and I was still in Premium and still the only person waitlisted but I boarded with my row. When boarding was just about completed, the passenger boarded and sat in 2C! I refreshed the app and sure enough, I was then #2.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
PDX-LAX
AS1300
75K
W (I think)
1/1...
I checked the seat map all the way up to boarding and there was still a free row (2A/C) available and I was the only person on the waitlist. I noticed a passenger at the desk because he was talking to the gate agent for what seemed like an extraordinary long time and I wondered if something was wrong. Then he just stood to the side but still close by. When boarding began I refreshed my app and I was still in Premium and still the only person waitlisted but I boarded with my row. When boarding was just about completed, the passenger boarded and sat in 2C! I refreshed the app and sure enough, I was then #2.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Since the flight was under gate control, fare class is irrelavent (according to what AS says on the website) and the upgrade would go to the pax who purchased their ticket first.
As a 75K, I have done a SDC to an earlier flight and was upgraded on my way to the gate. I never showed on the waitlist.
James
Sep 25, 2020, 1:01 pm
#185
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS
Posts: 2,293
I have a question...not sure if it has been answered before so, please forgive me.
What is the difference between Awaiting Seats and Upgrade Requests when checking flight status on AS? Seems that length of list for awaiting seats cannot just be those requesting SDC.
What is the difference between Awaiting Seats and Upgrade Requests when checking flight status on AS? Seems that length of list for awaiting seats cannot just be those requesting SDC.
Sep 25, 2020, 1:03 pm
#186
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVP Gold 100K
Posts: 2,329
Most of those are non-revs.
Sep 25, 2020, 2:08 pm
#188
Join Date: Sep 2020
Location: Seattle
Programs: AS, HHonors
Posts: 50
I have also been put on this list when I’ve purchased a saver fare and not selected a seat at purchase.
Sep 26, 2020, 11:15 pm
#190
Join Date: Sep 2001
Programs: Alaska Tanzanite 100K
Posts: 3,858
26 Sep
JNU-ANC AS 65
W Fare
UG cleared about 18 hours prior. 2F & Row 3 taken (AC/DF). So only "1" left.
UG list filled up during the day, 1 person cleared before boarding. The the gate agent offered 1DF as battlefield UGs to a couple.
JNU-ANC AS 65
W Fare
UG cleared about 18 hours prior. 2F & Row 3 taken (AC/DF). So only "1" left.
UG list filled up during the day, 1 person cleared before boarding. The the gate agent offered 1DF as battlefield UGs to a couple.
Sep 27, 2020, 12:26 am
#191
Join Date: Jan 2020
Location: East Coast/West Coast, USA
Programs: AS, DL, UA, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott
Posts: 268
24 Sep
SEA-DEN
AS 1474
75K
R Fare
7 of 13 On Waitlist, 4 Cleared (1&2 Traveling Together)
The FA taking care of the F cabin and I recognized each other from a previous flight, so they brought me some stuff from the F snack basket unprompted after having passed it around F multiple times.
SEA-DEN
AS 1474
75K
R Fare
7 of 13 On Waitlist, 4 Cleared (1&2 Traveling Together)
The FA taking care of the F cabin and I recognized each other from a previous flight, so they brought me some stuff from the F snack basket unprompted after having passed it around F multiple times.
Sep 27, 2020, 6:47 am
#192
Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 829
ORD - SEA 9/27 AS 1011
R fare
Mvp. 2nd on the list then became 3rd after the first 2 cleared into 1 A/C. They were together. No other F seat except for 1 D/F. UG never cleared and 1 D/F went out empty. Several X folks fare cleared into premium fare.
Just a MR for me but I probably should just save money and book X instead of R. Flying this ORD-SEA-ORD every weekend til December to get 75k so we'll see if the UG percentage increases.
Question: is it normal to leave 1 D/F empty for FA?
R fare
Mvp. 2nd on the list then became 3rd after the first 2 cleared into 1 A/C. They were together. No other F seat except for 1 D/F. UG never cleared and 1 D/F went out empty. Several X folks fare cleared into premium fare.
Just a MR for me but I probably should just save money and book X instead of R. Flying this ORD-SEA-ORD every weekend til December to get 75k so we'll see if the UG percentage increases.
Question: is it normal to leave 1 D/F empty for FA?
Last edited by AndyKehn; Sep 27, 2020 at 6:58 am
Sep 27, 2020, 10:19 am
#193
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: London, UK
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75K, Marriot Platinum
Posts: 602
Sep 27, 2020, 12:02 pm
#194
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: On a plane or a beach
Programs: Yes
Posts: 3,155
Sep 27, 2020, 12:05 pm
#195
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: PDX
Programs: AS MVP Gold 100K
Posts: 2,329