It won't help either way. If there is an op-up, you will know at OLCI, at the check-in counter, in the lounge, or at the gate. Just treat that as a pleasant surprise.

On my very first flight on CX I used credit card Asia miles to get a free ticket and politely asked the check-in agent if i could get an upgrade since it seemed like there was no one on the flight. Anyway she smiled and politely said, 'no, we reserve these seats for our gold card members or above, but you can however use your miles to upgrade.. let me check how many miles you have.. hm... 3000..no you can't.." haha.. i felt funny but didn't loose anything in asking.^

I was pleasantly surprised when at my last check-in at LAX I was told it was my fifth year anniversary and I was being upgraded. Sweet.

I have never heard of MP anniversary upgrades...

I joined MP in Sept 01, and have have not received any anniversary upgrades.

I have been Silver for four years, and Gold for one year already, and I have only received two op-up since 01, and one of them is just Sanya to Hong Kong. I wonder why CX treats me worse than other Golds (in terms of op-up opportunities). I feel bitter!

I've been with MPC since 01 as well and never got any anniversary upgrade. For the past 7 years I've been either Silver or Gold and the number of op-ups I get is quite small compared to what I read on this site. I think it may be due to the flight choices I make (I don't like to fly during busy flights 9AM, 6PM.)

I have however been upgraded quite a few times on my long haul flights. J-F 3 times already going HKG-YYZ.

Op-Ups are a luck of the draw, if your on the right flight at the right time then you have luck on your side.....there are some flights that you know are busy and the % chance is higher then other flights, like the sunday evening BKK-HKG, the monday morning to PVG, or the Sunday night HKG-LHR where op-ups are more common. However with the ever increasing flying prices and surcharges, i find less people flying and alot more empty flights.

I was upgraded on my 10th anniversary. Look forward to my 15 years anniversary upgrade next year.

I was always upgraded if I fly on my birthday.

I think I will do a mileage run on my birthay for the op-up

i wonder how they know your anniversay? did you at some point inform them you were getting married? just curious..@:-)

Er, your anniversary of joining the Marco Polo Club!

Do you only get OpUps on your 10th year anniversary? Or is it 10 and beyond (15, 20, etc)?
Just realized that I flew on my anniversary date (8 yrs.) but didn't get an OpUp.

I think they also give out opups for 5 yrs anniversary too. Even to silver members.

I am beginning to think that there are no such things as an anniversary upgrades. My family, including me, are Marco Polo members for 7 years (Silver/Gold for the past 2 years), and none of us have gotten anniversary upgrades.

I feel that it is more like when an op-up is required, instead of the agent saying, "you got op-up because the Y or J is overbooked,", they just say "you got op-up because it is your MP anniversary". It's just a change in wording, and to make members feel more appreciated.

On that note of MP Gold, One of my relatives got an email for CX saying something along the lines of "You have been especially selected by us to upgrade you to Gold tier", and he/she had less around 38K Club miles in that membership year. I wonder if there is some kind of internal system that ranks revenue over miles?

Wow! How I wish my wife will get that kind of offer (she is currently 40k)