rtpflyer

Let's see if I can do this from my phone:

Date: 03/20/24
Route: MCO-SEA
Flight #: 367
Status: 75K
Farr Class: T
Add Companion: +1 (general member)
Time cleared: around T-8
Date of ticket purchase: 01/19/24

Dtae: 03/21/24
Route: SEA-SJC
Flight #: 1085
Status 75K
Fare Class T
Add Companion: +1(general member)
Time Cleared: Died waitlist #1 & #2
Date of ticket purchase: 01/19/24

Agosti

Date: March 14, 2024
Route (Please bold if failure): SFO-EWR
Flight Number: 384
Status: MVPeasant
Fare Class: G
Companion: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: Died 11/13.
Date of ticket purchase: December 10, 2023

Date: March 19, 2024
Route (Please bold if failure): BOS-SFO
Flight Number: 357
Status: Gold
Fare Class: Q
Companion: None
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: At gate after boarding started
Date of ticket purchase: March 8, 2024

First ever upgrade!
Thought I was going to die #1 again. The gate paged me before boarding started. They told me that the FC was technically full, but somebody still hadn't checked in. If I wanted, I could wait to board, and they would upgrade me if the person still didn't check in in 10 minutes.
The ice cream was lovely.

Repooc17

Congrats on the first one - always a memorable occasion - hope for many more!

We were on the same flight Wait, were you the F pax that came on board at the end?

Agosti

I'm not entirely sure. I boarded with group D and I think there was someone still after me who went to row 4.

flurb

Date: Wed Feb 28 2024
Route (Please bold if failure): BOS-SFO
Flight Number: 357

I was on that flight, I'm just a lowly 75K, but I have never gone out at #15 on the list before these last week of Feb flights.
Seems every. single. mileage runner was on this trip, I saw a few of the same guys and gals on consecutive days, both legs.

I guess that's what happens when Double EQM teams up with 30% off and a three week advance fare for a promo announced in early Feb...

minhaoxue

I was on that flight. As a 100K, I was number 10 on the upgrade. But yeah, there were quite a few, including myself, milage runners.

vanillabean

I have been at BOS from SFO, nonstop or via SAN, four times since February 1, and while I never felt like imposing on anyone, I did line up outbound and inbound waitlists for the fun of it to see the number of fellow mileage runners. Once seats were assigned, I could even get a casual glimpse of some of them, and they all fell into a group of not one, not two, but a full three shared characteristics, of which each statistically or historically could be perceived as not mainstream (but very nice).

That aside, Alaska flights leaving from BOS have a really bad track record in my experience. I have spent hotel nights courtesy of Alaska at both SAN and SFO due to missing a connecting flight. And somehow these westbound flights are way fuller than the eastbound ones, making upgrades to First almost unattainable.

dayone

I'm sure your fellow FTers would be interested in the results of your research.

vanillabean

Haha sorry no, individuals with green eyes, red hair and big ears need peace and quiet like the rest of us.

737maxspotter

Date: 3/29/2024
Route (Please bold if failure): AUS-SAN
Flight Number: AS531
Status: Gold
Fare Class: S
Add companion, if there was one: none
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-0.5
Date of ticket purchase: 3/13/2024
Note: Thought I was gonna die at #1 on the waitlist, but one of the first class pax accidentally booked 2 seats (allegedly). Got to the gate late and was flagged down by gate agent so I could get my upgrade.

Date: 4/1/2024
Route (Please bold if failure): SJC-LAX
Flight Number: AS
Status: Gold
Fare Class: N
Add companion, if there was one: none
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: T-72 ish
Date of ticket purchase: 2/26/2024

vanillabean

Date: March 22, 2024
Route: SFO-ORD
Flight number: 456
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K): Gold
Fare class: G
Companion: Wife
Aircraft: Boeing 737-9 MAX
Upgrade cleared: T-70
Date of ticket purchase: 11/21/2023
Distance: 1846 miles

Date: March 29, 2024
Route: ORD-SFO
Flight number: 597
Status (MVP, Gold or 75K): Gold
Fare class: G
Companion: Wife
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Upgrade cleared: T-72
Date of ticket purchase: 11/21/2023
Distance: 1846 miles

🎶 San Francisco
Open your golden gate
You let no 75K wait outside your door
San Francisco 🎶

finlandia

Date: 4/1/24
Route: IAD-SEA
Flight #: 499
Status: Gold
Fare Class: N
Time Cleared: night before the morning departure
Date of ticket purchase: 9/18/23

I was second on the upgrade list. The rule of thumb remains: fly out of IAD instead of DCA if you want an upgrade to SEA. Despite the massive growth of the NOVA suburbs, the AS elites still tend to congregate at DCA.

steveman518

Date: 4/5/2024
Route (Please bold if failure): EWR-SEA
Flight Number: 281
Status: MVPG
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: high teens/~40

I don't think I've ever seen this many people on the upgrade list out of EWR

JetAirways77W

Date: 3/31/24
Route (Please bold if failure): BUR-SFO
Flight Number: 3334 (5:20p departure, E75L)
Status (MVP, Gold. 75K, 100K): Gold
Fare Class: O
Add companion, if there was one: Companion with no status
Time the upgrade cleared or position on waitlist if didn't clear: At gate
Date of ticket purchase: 3/10/24

We were on the upgrade list as #1/#2 for 6 seats starting at T-72, but people below us kept getting upgraded and we were finally assigned 3C/3D at gate likely due to no shows.

dieselbear

Date: 12APR24
Route: PDX-JFK
Flight Number: AS 18
Status: 75K
Fare Class: S
Time the upgrade cleared: T-22 hours
Date of ticket purchase: 4APR24