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)
Feb 27, 2020, 11:51 pm
#92
Join Date: May 2006
Location: TUS/PDX
Programs: WN CP/A-List, AS MVPG75K
Posts: 5,798
Wow, I haven’t posted here in this thread yet. I can’t remember what happened in January, so let’s skip to February!
2/18 TUS-SEA 830a departure: UG @ 72 hr (ex VX A319)
2/20 PDX-TUS 930a departure: UG @ 48 hr-ish
2/25 PHX-SEA 830a departure: UG @ ~30 hr, SDC’d to a later flight and was able to get a F seat.
2/26 SEA-LAX 330p departure: UG @ 120 hr, SDC’d to a later SNA flight and kept a F seat. Thanks to those of you posting in the SDC thread, I learned 75Ks could SDC to different airports and different routings.
2/18 TUS-SEA 830a departure: UG @ 72 hr (ex VX A319)
2/20 PDX-TUS 930a departure: UG @ 48 hr-ish
2/25 PHX-SEA 830a departure: UG @ ~30 hr, SDC’d to a later flight and was able to get a F seat.
2/26 SEA-LAX 330p departure: UG @ 120 hr, SDC’d to a later SNA flight and kept a F seat. Thanks to those of you posting in the SDC thread, I learned 75Ks could SDC to different airports and different routings.
Feb 28, 2020, 9:29 am
#94
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: PIT
Programs: AS Peon
Posts: 202
Date: 2/29/2020
Route (Please bold if failure): SEA-PIT
Flight Number: 412
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K): MVP
Fare Class: T
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on wait list if didn't clear: T-30
Date of ticket purchase: 2/11/20
Second time in a row getting upgraded to PIT, still haven't got lucky on the return trip and this one isn't looking good so far...
Route (Please bold if failure): SEA-PIT
Flight Number: 412
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K): MVP
Fare Class: T
Add companion, if there was one: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on wait list if didn't clear: T-30
Date of ticket purchase: 2/11/20
Second time in a row getting upgraded to PIT, still haven't got lucky on the return trip and this one isn't looking good so far...
Feb 28, 2020, 4:29 pm
#95
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVPG 75k, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat, Kenya Airways Gold
Posts: 224
Date: 2/28/20
Route (Please bold if failure): DAL-SFO
Flight Number: 3409
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K): MVP
Fare Class: R
No companion
Time the upgrade cleared: Premium at T-48, First at T-2
Date of ticket purchase: 1/8/20
Route (Please bold if failure): DAL-SFO
Flight Number: 3409
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K): MVP
Fare Class: R
No companion
Time the upgrade cleared: Premium at T-48, First at T-2
Date of ticket purchase: 1/8/20
Feb 29, 2020, 11:55 am
#96
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: SFO
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold; Hilton Diamond; National C ar Executive Elite
Posts: 732
i travel this route a lot i it’s 50/50 as a gold to get the upgrade during the week.
Mar 1, 2020, 7:23 am
#97
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: SFO
Programs: AS MVPG 75k, Hilton Diamond, Bonvoy Plat, Kenya Airways Gold
Posts: 224
And so as to not get this too off-topic:
Date: 3/1/20
Route (Please bold if failure): SJC-LAX
Flight Number: 3418
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K): MVP
Fare Class: Y (was R class before SDC)
No companion
Time the upgrade cleared: Instantly to First at T-19, when SDC from later flight (agent changed R class to Y class... is that normal?)
Date of ticket purchase: 2/29/20
Mar 1, 2020, 10:06 am
#98
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Between SFO and STS
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold, United Serf, Delta Gold
Posts: 731
Really? That’s surprising—it always seemed like the Friday night flights were the ones with at least a decent number of elites (I snagged the last F seat) so I would have figured that weekday flights were pretty likely to get upgraded... but that is good to know.
(agent changed R class to Y class... is that normal?)
(agent changed R class to Y class... is that normal?)
IME the Y fare change seems to happen if the original fare class purchased is unavailable on the new flight. The flight miles credited are still the original fare, but it seems sometimes the upgrade priority comes with the higher fare class - YMMV.
Mar 2, 2020, 12:21 am
#100
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 561
Date: 3/1/20
Route: PDX-LAX
Flight Number: 564
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K): MVPG
Fare Class: Q
Add companion, if there was one: Two MVPG together
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: somewhere between T-5 and T-2 (didn't get email)
Date of ticket purchase: 2/13/20
12 F seats, went out with 2 empty.
Route: PDX-LAX
Flight Number: 564
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K): MVPG
Fare Class: Q
Add companion, if there was one: Two MVPG together
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: somewhere between T-5 and T-2 (didn't get email)
Date of ticket purchase: 2/13/20
12 F seats, went out with 2 empty.
Mar 2, 2020, 1:18 pm
#101
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Up In The Cloud
Programs: UA 1K MM; BA S, AA G; AS G; DL | SPG P50, M G, CC G, IHG P, HLT S | Hertz PC, Avis F
Posts: 682
Date: 2/27/2020
Route: SFO-BOS
Flight Number: 1354
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: R
Add companion, if there was one: None
3rd on upgrade list
Date of ticket purchase: 11/1/2019
Date: 3/1/2020
Route: BOS-LAX
Flight Number: 1367
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: R
Add companion, if there was one: None
2nd on upgrade list
Date of ticket purchase: 11/1/2019
First time failing upgrades on BOS-LAX as MVPG, so sad.
Route: SFO-BOS
Flight Number: 1354
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: R
Add companion, if there was one: None
3rd on upgrade list
Date of ticket purchase: 11/1/2019
Date: 3/1/2020
Route: BOS-LAX
Flight Number: 1367
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: R
Add companion, if there was one: None
2nd on upgrade list
Date of ticket purchase: 11/1/2019
First time failing upgrades on BOS-LAX as MVPG, so sad.
Mar 5, 2020, 6:20 pm
#102
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: SFO
Programs: Alaska MVP Gold; Hilton Diamond; National C ar Executive Elite
Posts: 732
Date: 3/4/2020
Route: SFO-DAL
Flight Number: 3352
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: R
Add companion, if there was one: None
upgrade cleared T+24
Date of ticket purchase: 2/27/2020
Route: SFO-DAL
Flight Number: 3352
Status: MVPG
Fare Class: R
Add companion, if there was one: None
upgrade cleared T+24
Date of ticket purchase: 2/27/2020
Mar 5, 2020, 8:27 pm
#103
Join Date: Feb 2007
Programs: AS Million Miler, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Nexus / Global Entry
Posts: 844
Date 3/4 2020
ATL-SEA
Flt #745
MVPG
No joy. 8 or 9 on the waitlist. Plane was absolutely packed. I was hoping I could get an empty middle seat next to me but that didn’t happen.
The fellow with the middle seat was so tall that his knees were against the seat back in front of him without the pax in front even reclining. .
Super last minute fare so I bet that 1 way segment was probably $650 or so.
Even better - Clear was horrible at ATL. Slower than regular Pre. Ugh.
Not my idea of a good time.
ATL-SEA
Flt #745
MVPG
No joy. 8 or 9 on the waitlist. Plane was absolutely packed. I was hoping I could get an empty middle seat next to me but that didn’t happen.
The fellow with the middle seat was so tall that his knees were against the seat back in front of him without the pax in front even reclining. .
Super last minute fare so I bet that 1 way segment was probably $650 or so.
Even better - Clear was horrible at ATL. Slower than regular Pre. Ugh.
Not my idea of a good time.
Mar 5, 2020, 11:29 pm
#104
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Anchorage, AK
Programs: Lifetime AS 1MM & MVPG, AS MVPG100K, AA, DL, HH-G
Posts: 8,259
Date: 3/4/2020
Route: FLL-LAX
Flight Number: 337
Status: MVPG75K
Fare Class: R
Add companion, if there was one: None
upgrade cleared AT Check In counter 2 hours out
Date of ticket purchase: 10/17/2019
I was at the check in counter while the agent was trying to print out my bag tag. He tried several times without success. I mentioned that I was #1 on the upgrade list and maybe I had been upgraded.. He tapped the keyboard a few times, said that was the problem and printed out the bag tag. Flew to LAX in 1C.
Route: FLL-LAX
Flight Number: 337
Status: MVPG75K
Fare Class: R
Add companion, if there was one: None
upgrade cleared AT Check In counter 2 hours out
Date of ticket purchase: 10/17/2019
I was at the check in counter while the agent was trying to print out my bag tag. He tried several times without success. I mentioned that I was #1 on the upgrade list and maybe I had been upgraded.. He tapped the keyboard a few times, said that was the problem and printed out the bag tag. Flew to LAX in 1C.
Mar 6, 2020, 11:46 pm
#105
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
Posts: 21,375
Wed 12 Mar
AS5 DCA-LAX
MVPG75K
T class, purchased 13 Feb
cleared at T-120
probably going to have to cancel this on Monday ...
AS5 DCA-LAX
MVPG75K
T class, purchased 13 Feb
cleared at T-120
probably going to have to cancel this on Monday ...