Stand-by / upgrade question
Dec 19, 2012, 6:37 pm
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Stand-by / upgrade question
I am at the San Jose airport and a flight to lax I tried to get on today left with 1st class seats open. I was on a Y ticket and offered to use one of my 500 mile upgrades, he basically ignored me and left an EXP and a myself (plt) with out an option. Is it possible to fly standby on a Y ticket and upgrade to first with a 500 mile upgrade?
Dec 19, 2012, 7:08 pm
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I am at the San Jose airport and a flight to lax I tried to get on today left with 1st class seats open. I was on a Y ticket and offered to use one of my 500 mile upgrades, he basically ignored me and left an EXP and a myself (plt) with out an option. Is it possible to fly standby on a Y ticket and upgrade to first with a 500 mile upgrade?
Are you saying the gate agent didn't answer you when you were asking if an upgrade was available?
Dec 19, 2012, 7:16 pm
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It sounds like Y was full but F was open, and you were unable to clear standby at all.
You need to clear into Y before you can be upgraded, so technically, the GA was going by the book. But more helpful/creative GAs in this situation have been known to make it work, to somehow temporarily clear a Y seat for you to pass thru en route to F.
You need to clear into Y before you can be upgraded, so technically, the GA was going by the book. But more helpful/creative GAs in this situation have been known to make it work, to somehow temporarily clear a Y seat for you to pass thru en route to F.
Dec 19, 2012, 7:16 pm
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Are you saying one seat in F went open, and the EXP didn't get it?
Dec 19, 2012, 7:48 pm
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Was the GA a guy named Pete? 
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Dec 20, 2012, 7:20 am
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