Birthday Upgrade?
May 26, 2013, 3:00 am
#334
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Little dot in Asia
Programs: AA-EP, TK-*G, HL-DM, HY-GLO, MR-LTP
Posts: 25,932
May 26, 2013, 8:54 am
#336
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: TPE, MNL
Programs: AA lifetime GOLD, but still an AA Baby compare to people here. CX nobody. BR Silver.
Posts: 984
Got the birthday upgrade on the date of my birthday from Y to C.
I was greeted at the time of check in and upgraded me at the time of check in in the airport.
I am MPO GO. Too bad it was only TPE-HKG....
I was greeted at the time of check in and upgraded me at the time of check in in the airport.
I am MPO GO. Too bad it was only TPE-HKG....
May 27, 2013, 9:36 pm
#338
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NYC/SIN
Programs: CX DM, SQ KF
Posts: 2,171
Got a milestone upgrade J->F on SFO-HKG, and the boarding pass had a "V" on it. Miles posted per biz class mileage.
(For the record, my lifetime MPC posted miles had crossed 500K during my intra-US travels).
Interestingly, my wife was on the same flight, on a different booking (we had flown the outbound separately), and although the itineraries had been cross-referenced, she did not get an upgrade (atleast not at the check-incounter).
At the lounge, while taking the keys to the shower room, I requested that she be moved to the 747's lower deck instead of the preassigned UD seating, so that we could be 'closer' - and before you ask, it had been decided, and conveyed to the lounge lady that i'd be travelling in my wife's J seat.
Post-shower, when I went back to collect my boarding pass - the lovely lady asked for my wife's boarding pass and in a scolding tone said 'we're not going to let her travel', and held a new boarding pass infront of me - printside away from me, with a 'guess what?'.
Although my heart skipped a beat at the thought of 'just' having gotten a swap to a LD seat, I managed to muster a smile and true enough the boarding pass read 3A
.
(Also with a 'V' on it).
Awesome flight, lovely crew. And the SFO lounge felt less crowded this time around.
Oh I'm so going to miss the 747s First Class cabin.
(For the record, my lifetime MPC posted miles had crossed 500K during my intra-US travels).
Interestingly, my wife was on the same flight, on a different booking (we had flown the outbound separately), and although the itineraries had been cross-referenced, she did not get an upgrade (atleast not at the check-incounter).
At the lounge, while taking the keys to the shower room, I requested that she be moved to the 747's lower deck instead of the preassigned UD seating, so that we could be 'closer' - and before you ask, it had been decided, and conveyed to the lounge lady that i'd be travelling in my wife's J seat.
Post-shower, when I went back to collect my boarding pass - the lovely lady asked for my wife's boarding pass and in a scolding tone said 'we're not going to let her travel', and held a new boarding pass infront of me - printside away from me, with a 'guess what?'.
Although my heart skipped a beat at the thought of 'just' having gotten a swap to a LD seat, I managed to muster a smile and true enough the boarding pass read 3A
.(Also with a 'V' on it).
Awesome flight, lovely crew. And the SFO lounge felt less crowded this time around.
Oh I'm so going to miss the 747s First Class cabin.
