Birthday Upgrade?
Jan 27, 2013, 10:58 pm
#301
Join Date: May 2007
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 5,465
Did you see when she printed the first BP whether the top said "Economy" or "Premium Economy"? I don't think they're rolling out Y+ daily to ORD until the end of this month, this month I think it's only one per week. Maybe you got lucky on a day when it was operated with a 77H but they hadn't sold Y+?
I'm only raising this question because there's been intense interest here on how the introduction of Y+ will affect the op-up process, so it's helpful to know whether your first "upgrade" was into full-on Y+, or whether they had moved you into a Y+ seat that was sold as Y on that particular flight (in which case technically you would have had only a Y-J upgrade).
I'm only raising this question because there's been intense interest here on how the introduction of Y+ will affect the op-up process, so it's helpful to know whether your first "upgrade" was into full-on Y+, or whether they had moved you into a Y+ seat that was sold as Y on that particular flight (in which case technically you would have had only a Y-J upgrade).
As for the schedule for 77H and Y+ to ORD, I think they shuffled the schedule about a month or so back such that the 77H would be scheduled to operate more than one day a week, albeit with no fixed pattern. My flight and those on the days immediately before and after were all showing as 77H with Y+ inventory, FWIW.
Feb 7, 2013, 8:09 am
#305
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 109
"Y+ being chocker full" was an oxymoron to start with. 
as per packing order, as I said i think this happens only at outports where outsourced ground agents are just trying to send the flights on its way. Somehow in a chaotic overbooked situation, particularly out of EU where denied boarding can potentially be very expensive, I think it's in CX's best interest to just make sure everyone has a seat and send it off. They could fiddle around trying to move so many seats and if something goes wrong (Y+ pax deny upgrade due to travel companion, J/Y+ have all pax show up etc etc) repercussion can be large... I donno for sure but if I was the Station Manager at Paris at a 105% full flight, I'd concentrate on getting ppl seated. Juggling around Y->Y+, Y+>J, J->F and all that can be too fussy. If I had DM in Y, just put him in J and move on...
Sorry digressing here, it's a thread about bday upgrades. So Iwill report back in March/May when both my travels are over.
as per packing order, as I said i think this happens only at outports where outsourced ground agents are just trying to send the flights on its way. Somehow in a chaotic overbooked situation, particularly out of EU where denied boarding can potentially be very expensive, I think it's in CX's best interest to just make sure everyone has a seat and send it off. They could fiddle around trying to move so many seats and if something goes wrong (Y+ pax deny upgrade due to travel companion, J/Y+ have all pax show up etc etc) repercussion can be large... I donno for sure but if I was the Station Manager at Paris at a 105% full flight, I'd concentrate on getting ppl seated. Juggling around Y->Y+, Y+>J, J->F and all that can be too fussy. If I had DM in Y, just put him in J and move on...
Sorry digressing here, it's a thread about bday upgrades. So Iwill report back in March/May when both my travels are over.
For anyone that is interested about how Y+ affects upgrades - I was just upgraded Y-J on whole itinerary from TPE-SFO yesterday for my birthday. They even upgraded my friend the whole way too! Great service!
Feb 8, 2013, 7:30 pm
#306
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 761
Feb 8, 2013, 7:40 pm
#307
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX Diamond (OW Emerald), former SQ Krisflyer Gold
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Feb 10, 2013, 6:17 pm
#308
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: HKG/HND/OOL
Programs: QF Emerald. SQ Gold.
Posts: 3,171
also u flew feb 7 on midst of CNY madness wonder if this is due to capacity issue than birthday
Feb 11, 2013, 12:54 pm
#309
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 109
Feb 19, 2013, 2:13 am
#311
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Feb 19, 2013, 2:16 am
#312
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: London
Programs: AA Executive Platinum
Posts: 779
Since you know everything, can you advise what happens when you just book a ticket in F and you fly on your birthday?
May 22, 2013, 5:27 am
#313
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 547
I was recently upgraded to J explicitly because of my birthday (SL) even though there are empty seats in Y, does anyone know what 'V' stands for? Does it specifically mean birthday upgrades?
May 22, 2013, 8:49 am
#315
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 761
Same here, booked a flight for 3 to Europe in economy class but as a MPC GO member. However, seems like that recently, GO member is less important somehow as shown from http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha...x-flights.html ?