Upgrade after chnage of tier status?
Nov 20, 2008, 5:24 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Hong Kong / Toronto / Vancouver
Programs: MPC Silver
Posts: 212
Upgrade after chnage of tier status?
I've heard rumors that sometimes when a MPC member changes to a higher tier, he/she will suddenly get an upgrade on the next flight. Is that true? I know that when I joined MPC, the first flight I took was an upgrade to J. From HKG-YYZ.
Nov 20, 2008, 6:14 pm
#3
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: CX GR, SPG/MR GE, Ritz Plat, Hilton S
Posts: 195
Nov 20, 2008, 7:39 pm
#4
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX, UA, Shangri-La, Hyatt, Starwood
Posts: 7,720
Happened to me Y-J when I went from GR to SL HKG-SIN last year, and there was no op reason for it...Y was half empty. But when I went from SL-GO and GO-DM I didn't get squat.
Nov 20, 2008, 8:06 pm
#7
Join Date: Feb 2008
Programs: CX Diamond
Posts: 246
although I definately will not complain on number of u/g's that i've had, i never had on on the change from SL-GO or GO-DM but did have them in between. Dont really think that this rumor is true....when i got DM 2 years ago i walked to the F counter expecting it (from all the rumor's i'd heard)....but was given my J boarding pass to "have a nice flight"......
No complaints though, being able to use my miles when i want to, is already a benifit that I was ecstatic about......
No complaints though, being able to use my miles when i want to, is already a benifit that I was ecstatic about......
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Nov 22, 2008, 11:25 pm
#12
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: ORD
Programs: BA, AA, SQ, UA, AC, WS, MR TIT
Posts: 8,680
Many people are lucky enough that they book on heavy booked flights on certain routes and it happend that they were just promoted to the next tier. When they go to the airport they get upgraded becuase of the overbooking of the flight and they assume because of their new status 
Nov 23, 2008, 2:29 am
#13
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: ...
Programs: CX DM / SQ PPS / VN Platinum
Posts: 1,087
Many people are lucky enough that they book on heavy booked flights on certain routes and it happend that they were just promoted to the next tier. When they go to the airport they get upgraded becuase of the overbooking of the flight and they assume because of their new status
Or.. the check-in agent tells you are being upgraded for renewing / hitting 500k or 1m miles. have had it happen to me several times. in most cases j did not seem full when i was upgraded to f.
Nov 24, 2008, 2:22 am
#15
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: SFO TPE
Programs: CX Diamond
Posts: 43
It happened to me when I went from silver to gold in Mar 08. On my flight from SFO-TPE, was upgraded from SFO-HKG segment. I usually get upgraded from HKG-TPE, but never from SFO-HKG and it hasn't happened since...