Standby List Empty?
Mar 21, 2010 | 8:47 am
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Standby List Empty?
Checked the standby list for my tomorrows flight - it's empty and noone shown to be upgraded.
Capacity: 16 | Booked: 13 | Checked In: 0
No Customers Upgraded No Upgrade Standby Customers
Hey what about me? Elite desk confirmed my number is listed on the reservation but have no idea what standby list is.
Capacity: 16 | Booked: 13 | Checked In: 0
No Customers Upgraded No Upgrade Standby Customers
Hey what about me? Elite desk confirmed my number is listed on the reservation but have no idea what standby list is.
Mar 21, 2010 | 8:49 am
#2
Join Date: May 2005
Location: various cities in the USofA: NYC, BWI, IAH, ORD, CVG, NYC
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Have you checked in? If not, you won't be on the UG standby list.
Mar 21, 2010 | 11:46 am
#3
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Cypress, TX
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True - unless one checks in, you will not be on standby upgrade list. Similar situation with me as I am on IAH-LAX flight tomorrow night and only 10 seats are sold out of 20 but no one has been EUA'd yet. I thought I would at least have gotten EUA'd 3 days back as I am Plat on an H fare. I guess there will be a mad dash of upgrades at T-24 or 1/2 hr before boadring tomorrow.
Mar 21, 2010 | 11:55 am
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True - unless one checks in, you will not be on standby upgrade list. Similar situation with me as I am on IAH-LAX flight tomorrow night and only 10 seats are sold out of 20 but no one has been EUA'd yet. I thought I would at least have gotten EUA'd 3 days back as I am Plat on an H fare. I guess there will be a mad dash of upgrades at T-24 or 1/2 hr before boadring tomorrow.
Mar 21, 2010 | 12:25 pm
#5
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Cypress, TX
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The past few days all upgrades have been battle ground as far as I can tell. Also on the LAX-IAH routes, for the past 3 days there have been long lists of flight standbys, 40+ on each flight, once one flight closes they move to the next one (only one or two, if any are getting on). As for upgrades, yesterday (Saturday) LAX-IAH there were 199+or- upgrade standbys for a total of 160 F seats, only 3 were upgraded. Seems a lot of people are going from Los Angeles to Houston this weekend.
Mar 21, 2010 | 12:46 pm
#6
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This coming weekend won't be much better as IAH is hosting the NCAA Regional men's tournament!!
Mar 21, 2010 | 8:32 pm
#7
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Houston, TX
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The past few days all upgrades have been battle ground as far as I can tell. Also on the LAX-IAH routes, for the past 3 days there have been long lists of flight standbys, 40+ on each flight, once one flight closes they move to the next one (only one or two, if any are getting on). As for upgrades, yesterday (Saturday) LAX-IAH there were 199+or- upgrade standbys for a total of 160 F seats, only 3 were upgraded. Seems a lot of people are going from Los Angeles to Houston this weekend.
Mar 22, 2010 | 6:19 am
#8
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Moreland Hills (CLE)
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My amigo, Surface Interval, (CO Silver) flew EWR-CZM last Saturday.
Got upgraded at T-1 and the flight flew with 2 empty seats in F.
Got upgraded at T-1 and the flight flew with 2 empty seats in F.
Mar 22, 2010 | 6:44 am
#9
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: CLE
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I did miss one little detail on the time, knew about the one time zone change, but missed the no DST - it is now 0645.
Hey, don't forget the CLE-EWR segment that also popped at T-1. Two for two on this trip
For the EWR-CZM - it should have flew with 3 empty. I just couldn't stand momma sitting up there all alone for 4.5hrs. Just before leaving for the flight I ponnied up a c-note to u/g her (technically me). Hate to see all of that F inventory going to waste - just trying to do my bit to help prop up the CO bottom line.
Mar 22, 2010 | 7:37 pm
#10
Join Date: May 2005
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'tis odd. I'm on 1178 (ORD-EWR) tomorrow; normally I would expect to get upgraded 3 days out, especially when the aircraft is a 738. Of the 16 F seats, right now 6 are "booked" (3 upgrades so far) and 5 on the waitlist. In the past I would get the EUA even if only 2 or 3 F seats remained.
Mar 23, 2010 | 2:24 am
#11
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In the end, the flight from IAH-LAX left with 2 empty seats in FC and the entire row of $$ Exit row empty. What a waste. I knew a couple of pax in coach that I could have upraded had I know that there weren't anyone eligble for upgrade. I mentioned to the GA about companion upgrade but the door was closing and I had no clue were the folks I knew were sitting... again, what a waste.
Mar 23, 2010 | 10:18 am
#12
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Houston, TX
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So after all that, I got my upgrade T-24 but there still were 4 seats left and no one on standby upgrade list. Great! as I was expecting. Then the following day, it was sold full but only half checked in. Long story short, when I got to the airport, there were 5 empty seats - 15 sold, 15 checked in.
In the end, the flight from IAH-LAX left with 2 empty seats in FC and the entire row of $$ Exit row empty. What a waste. I knew a couple of pax in coach that I could have upraded had I know that there weren't anyone eligble for upgrade. I mentioned to the GA about companion upgrade but the door was closing and I had no clue were the folks I knew were sitting... again, what a waste.
In the end, the flight from IAH-LAX left with 2 empty seats in FC and the entire row of $$ Exit row empty. What a waste. I knew a couple of pax in coach that I could have upraded had I know that there weren't anyone eligble for upgrade. I mentioned to the GA about companion upgrade but the door was closing and I had no clue were the folks I knew were sitting... again, what a waste.
How does that process work if I'm on the upgrade standby list and a bunch of FC people don't show. Does a FA come and find me in my seat and I get moved to first?
Mar 23, 2010 | 2:26 pm
#13
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Wooow, 5 first class people checked in and didn't show? I can only dream about situations like this for my flights to Denver, Seattle and San Juan in the next 3 months ^
How does that process work if I'm on the upgrade standby list and a bunch of FC people don't show. Does a FA come and find me in my seat and I get moved to first?
How does that process work if I'm on the upgrade standby list and a bunch of FC people don't show. Does a FA come and find me in my seat and I get moved to first?
There are few ways I have seen upgraded being handled at/during/after boarding.
- A few minutes prior to boarding, the system upgrades folks on the upgrade standby list and the GA calls and hands out new BP
- While boarding, if you have been upgraded and your original BP is scanned, a different beep indicates to the GA that your BP need to be changed
- If either of the above happens (GA is occupied), then when available, he/she comes over to your seat (or pages) and hands you your new BP