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Mar 21, 2018, 12:15 pm

#16

enviroian

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Originally Posted by ijgordon

FWIW, I don't think these operational upgrades (when cabins overbooked) are necessarily done purely based on status. I think fare paid / fare class may play into it, as well as agent discretion.

Good point. If the agents have the ability to look at YTD spend I would say that would be the judging metric, no?

Mar 21, 2018, 12:52 pm

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Originally Posted by enviroian

Good point. If the agents have the ability to look at YTD spend I would say that would be the judging metric, no?

In my current situation, I don't hope for that because I don't spend very much.

I also assume BA doesn't have the ability to do that with my AA spend, and both times they indicated the upgrade was due to my OW status (from my AA PLT status). Right now, I am hoping for a status match from AS based on my AA account, which shows 0 miles for this year. Oddly, my first flight this year on any airline is next week. My last flight was PIA to DFW on 12/25

Mar 21, 2018, 1:20 pm

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Originally Posted by enviroian

Good point. If the agents have the ability to look at YTD spend I would say that would be the judging metric, no?

I'd say that in a majority of cases your EQD level plays zero part in sorting any type of op-up priority list. Each op-up scenario is uniquely different with regards to how many seats may be needed and the number of elites on the flight. Especially in most instances where the cabin rolls are managed at the gate, it really can come down to luck of the draw and how the gate AAgent decides to manage it.

Case in point, my first ever op-up was on DFW-FRA years ago, I was a lowly Gold, they only needed one seat in the back and gave me the op-up since I had originally volunteered for VDB.

Mar 22, 2018, 4:53 am

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cs1985

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MCE ist totally ok for me - i was just interested in your experiences while I heard that there were probably OpUps. Within the SWU Thread it becomes obvious that the expiration of SWU can also be modified so i keep the fingers cross that one has an expiring SWU, which he can not use ;-)

Mar 22, 2018, 7:28 am

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dm6214

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Wow there is a woman on facebook's Irelands travel tips that says she always gets free upgrades by giving candy bars to the GA or FA's. Not any old candy things like Godiva and such. She said it works everytime. On almost all of the major airlines. Hummmmm.

Mar 22, 2018, 8:45 am

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LovePrunes

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Originally Posted by dm6214

um...sorry, won't work

Mar 23, 2018, 7:44 am

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dm6214

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And I just bought 400 lbs of candy bars. Now what should I do. I'm on a diet.

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Mar 23, 2018, 9:07 am

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Originally Posted by dm6214

And I just bought 400 lbs of candy bars. Now what should I do. I'm on a diet.

I would think that if you handed out 16-oz candy bars to 400 different FA's, there's a very slight chance you would get upgraded once, but probably a greater chance you'll get a bottle of wine. And you'll probably get 325 smiles.