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Old Jan 6, 2017, 4:13 am
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Originally Posted by davidtai
Got upgraded from Y to J on the flight to BKK on my birthday
Was upgraded to PE first when I was doing the OLCI
then upgraded to J when I was at the lounge enjoying my champagne

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Not a CX elite but an OWE
I believe the Y cabin was really full on that day
Then it was an op up, not birthday upgrade.
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Old Jan 19, 2017, 3:51 am
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Success on MNL-HKG on my bday ^. Upgrade offered from Y+ to J, and allowed to choose one of my two travel companions to join me up front. We weren't on the same booking. Somewhat awkward moment
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Old Jan 19, 2017, 5:06 am
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Originally Posted by gpia
Success on MNL-HKG on my bday ^. Upgrade offered from Y+ to J, and allowed to choose one of my two travel companions to join me up front. We weren't on the same booking. Somewhat awkward moment
I'm sure the unchosen companion will hate you for the rest of his life.
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Old Jan 19, 2017, 7:10 pm
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Originally Posted by Ausriver
I'm sure the unchosen companion will hate you for the rest of his life.
Not if they decided who goes up front with him by playing rock, paper, scissors
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Old Mar 6, 2017, 5:08 am
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flew on deeply discounted "group ticket" in economy from hk kix...

at checkin got upgraded to business. not sure of PEY was there or not... her business associates flew at back.
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Old Mar 19, 2017, 10:16 pm
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Got upgraded from Y to J on a fanfare ticket on my birthday. Load was light across all cabins and decided to put my MP-SL number in the booking. Last time I got this was when I was GLD a couple years back so surprised they still do it for SL. The little card with messages from the crew was a nice touch too...
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Old Mar 20, 2017, 2:12 am
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Originally Posted by fast03
Got upgraded from Y to J on a fanfare ticket
even fanfares now lol
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Old Mar 20, 2017, 2:42 am
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Originally Posted by fishball
even fanfares now lol
And on a 350! That must have been the best bang for the buck flight I have ever taken...
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Old Mar 20, 2017, 5:34 am
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Originally Posted by fishball
even fanfares now lol
Even upgraded segments - my wife had a R ticket upgraded to U, and got invited to F on her birthday flight.
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Old Mar 25, 2017, 6:29 pm
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Does anyone know if upgrades only work with MPC members or is it all OW FF (in my case, BAEC)?
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Old Mar 25, 2017, 6:43 pm
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Originally Posted by james_yuen
Does anyone know if upgrades only work with MPC members or is it all OW FF (in my case, BAEC)?
I haven't heard anything about other OWE/OWS. I guess they only match flight date against the passenger profile in the MPC account but not with birthdays, if any, reported on the ticket.
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Old Mar 26, 2017, 4:12 am
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Originally Posted by fishball
even fanfares now lol
It is all about the status regardless ticket type.
I got my birthday upgrade from J to F. J was a AM reward U class....
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Old Mar 26, 2017, 10:39 pm
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Originally Posted by james_yuen
Does anyone know if upgrades only work with MPC members or is it all OW FF (in my case, BAEC)?
Haha, no it's only MPC. They're trying to encourage/reward folks to join THEIR program.......which is brutally Spartan compared to some of the others in OW...
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Old Mar 26, 2017, 10:51 pm
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Originally Posted by james_yuen
Does anyone know if upgrades only work with MPC members or is it all OW FF (in my case, BAEC)?
Originally Posted by cxfan1960
I haven't heard anything about other OWE/OWS. I guess they only match flight date against the passenger profile in the MPC account but not with birthdays, if any, reported on the ticket.
Originally Posted by QRC3288
Haha, no it's only MPC. They're trying to encourage/reward folks to join THEIR program.......which is brutally Spartan compared to some of the others in OW...
Yup birthday upgrades only work day of departure when MPC passes a message to ground staff - ground staff can't do anything even if they see it's your birthday on passport for non-MPC elites.
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Old Mar 26, 2017, 11:27 pm
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Originally Posted by james_yuen
Does anyone know if upgrades only work with MPC members or is it all OW FF (in my case, BAEC)?
I can guarantee that it does not work for other OW FFs. I did a flight on my birthday many years back. I had BAEC Gold. Nope. No deal. Airport staff wouldn't do it cos they said there is nothing on their system to advise so.

Apparently the reservation is 'flagged' by the Marco Polo Club membership... so it only works when MPC sends a message at check in.

My posts from 2012: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/19946510-post268.html

and

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/13109836-post20.html
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