Executive Platinum Average EQD
Dec 1, 2017, 5:38 pm
#46
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: LAX
Programs: AA ExPlat, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 1,130
My experience reflects that of most of the other posters here who are on the lower end of the EQD scale.
I am at $14k but will finish close to $15k
103k EQMs
Out of LAX, my upgrade success rate has been close to 85% in the 2nd half of the year and overall about 70%. In 90% of the cases, I'm at the top of the list.
I am at $14k but will finish close to $15k
103k EQMs
Out of LAX, my upgrade success rate has been close to 85% in the 2nd half of the year and overall about 70%. In 90% of the cases, I'm at the top of the list.
Dec 1, 2017, 5:51 pm
#47
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: San Francisco
Programs: AA EXP; Marriott BonVoy Titanium Elite, Marriott LT Plat.
Posts: 1,717
Looking to score 12K EQM for a EPX buddy. He's at 22K for EQM's and boasts of an upgrade rate of > 90% regardless of routes flown covering US and non-US flight flown this year. The end game/goal is to used SWU's that are set to expire at the end of January 2018
Dec 1, 2017, 7:15 pm
#48
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: San Francisco area
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott T
Posts: 455
Dec 1, 2017, 7:35 pm
#50
Join Date: Nov 2017
Programs: AA EXP, Delta Platinum, Alaska 75K MVP
Posts: 21
you must take some crazy short and expensive flights.
I'll end up with 19.5k EQDs with 140k EQMs on only 70 segments
Also all of you should be glad you don't fly out of Austin through DFW. My upgrade rate to Dallas is probably 20% and from DFW to SFO is myabe 20%
I'll end up with 19.5k EQDs with 140k EQMs on only 70 segments
Also all of you should be glad you don't fly out of Austin through DFW. My upgrade rate to Dallas is probably 20% and from DFW to SFO is myabe 20%
Last edited by gilam; Dec 1, 2017 at 7:37 pm Reason: added info
Dec 1, 2017, 8:48 pm
#51
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Havana, Cuba
Programs: AA EXP UA Gold QR Platinum Hilton Gold FB Sinbad
Posts: 125
I will just make 12,000 and 100,000, 65 segments. Lots of QR flights. I usually fly out of MIA and the upgrade percentage has been over 90 this year, but am i to expect less upgrades next year? One FA told me that compared to NYC and DFW, Miami has fewer EXPs?
Dec 1, 2017, 11:01 pm
#53
Join Date: May 2001
Location: PHL
Programs: AA CK, DL GM, Bonvoy Ambassador, HH DIA
Posts: 187
I fly F or J 95% of the time for work. The handful of times I've booked Y I've gotten upgraded. One more cheap J trip to Europe, 1 LAX-JFK and a Nola trip. Possibly one more trip to the bay area.
Dec 2, 2017, 2:32 am
#54
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Bangkok, Thailand. No longer Palm Coast, FL though still exiled, again, from the Bay Area.
Programs: Only the good ones
Posts: 5,153
17,380 EQD's (but my Barclay 3k will post this month, so going out at 20,380,) with 150k EQM's. Also did 25k on OZ and finishing up 36k PQM's on UA to satisfy the 1K challenge thru 2019. GF is at 15k+ also since she missed one of the MH BKK-KUL-PEK trips this past January. Probably will need to "replace" my 5k from past Jan flights for the rolling 12 month as we have HKG-LAX RT in March. Ticketed 2 of the CX PE deals JFK-HKG in January.
Dec 2, 2017, 7:49 am
#57
Join Date: Mar 2003
Programs: BA GGL; AA LT Gold; AS 100K; DL MM GM; Hyatt G*list, Hilton Diamond; SQ silver
Posts: 3,806
I don't know what my rolling EQD is but my YTD EQD is < 8,000 and I've always been on the top of the upgrade list but for once. So yes it does greatly depends on the flights you take. I'll end with 14,000 EQDs (Always a late finisher 
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Dec 2, 2017, 8:41 am
#58
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Programs: AA PPro, 1MM
Posts: 505
Good point. My upgrade percentage has been about 80% this year (ex-ORD).
Dec 2, 2017, 8:59 am
#59
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: PDX
Programs: AA EXP, HHonors Diamond, Avis First
Posts: 99
I'm at $17,035 / 116,041 without today's flights. Good enough to get upgraded on every flight I need to take...
That's disgusting, actually more like physically revolting. ... do you do that necessitates so much travel? Posted from DFW-C club 
Last edited by infinite97; Dec 2, 2017 at 9:06 am
Dec 2, 2017, 9:15 am
#60
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: AA EXP, AA Million Miles, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,586
If the point of this exercise is to think about priority rank position for upgrades - calendar year EQD is not that instructive - unless everyone has perfectly smooth distribution of spend throughout the year. Rolling 12 month EQD is distinctly different from calendar year total; and one is not necessarily a good proxy for the other.
(and if those folks with the higher EQD totals are primarily buying first and/or business class tickets or are earning a large chunk of their EQDs by flying partner carriers – then they are largely irrelevant as far as upgrade priority competition is concerned)
(and if those folks with the higher EQD totals are primarily buying first and/or business class tickets or are earning a large chunk of their EQDs by flying partner carriers – then they are largely irrelevant as far as upgrade priority competition is concerned)