upgrade waitlists and system migration
Feb 19, 2012 | 8:53 am
#1
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upgrade waitlists and system migration
I have a pair of CR1s waitlisted for the end of March.
CO metal, from my CO plat account.
Come 3/3 should I yank them and have them reapplied? That way they will be listed as 1k RPUs rather than plat which will be higher up the waitlist regardless of time of request, right?
Unfortunately the flight in question is CO 117 so right now the website can't give proper upgrade list information despite the fact that it's a CO metal flight.
CO metal, from my CO plat account.
Come 3/3 should I yank them and have them reapplied? That way they will be listed as 1k RPUs rather than plat which will be higher up the waitlist regardless of time of request, right?
Unfortunately the flight in question is CO 117 so right now the website can't give proper upgrade list information despite the fact that it's a CO metal flight.
Feb 19, 2012 | 9:34 am
#2
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God only knows what is going to occur on 3/3/2012 and we're all going to have something "YANKED" on that day, I fear.
I personally am making copies of everything on 3/2/10212, and not touching a thing for a few weeks down the line.
If you want to take a chance to update your higher status, you're taking a chance of losing your CR-1 request date, in case of a tie.
Up-2-U, though!!!
I personally am making copies of everything on 3/2/10212, and not touching a thing for a few weeks down the line.
If you want to take a chance to update your higher status, you're taking a chance of losing your CR-1 request date, in case of a tie.
Up-2-U, though!!!
Feb 19, 2012 | 1:05 pm
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God only knows what is going to occur on 3/3/2012 and we're all going to have something "YANKED" on that day, I fear.
I personally am making copies of everything on 3/2/10212, and not touching a thing for a few weeks down the line.
If you want to take a chance to update your higher status, you're taking a chance of losing your CR-1 request date, in case of a tie.
Up-2-U, though!!!
I personally am making copies of everything on 3/2/10212, and not touching a thing for a few weeks down the line.
If you want to take a chance to update your higher status, you're taking a chance of losing your CR-1 request date, in case of a tie.
Up-2-U, though!!!
Feb 19, 2012 | 1:21 pm
#4
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Losing the date of request isn't an issue, because status trumps request time - and since there are presently no 1Ks on continental any wait listed request made by a 1K on 3/3 should in theory jump to the front of the queue.
This is based on status not updating on records until a FF number is removed and readded - it might be different for upgrades I suppose and the system will magically pull in your new status as soon as it updates.
I'm 100% behind you on making backup copies of booking information though!
This is based on status not updating on records until a FF number is removed and readded - it might be different for upgrades I suppose and the system will magically pull in your new status as soon as it updates.
I'm 100% behind you on making backup copies of booking information though!
Feb 19, 2012 | 1:35 pm
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I'm not going that far. I'm handling it selectively. Right now UA can force UA space, and CO can open CO space. Once they're combined on one system, they can presumably open all space.
So in some cases it may be advantageous to wait. In others it may be advantageous to resolve it now.
Feb 19, 2012 | 7:36 pm
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I'm not going that far. I'm handling it selectively. Right now UA can force UA space, and CO can open CO space. Once they're combined on one system, they can presumably open all space.
So in some cases it may be advantageous to wait. In others it may be advantageous to resolve it now.
So in some cases it may be advantageous to wait. In others it may be advantageous to resolve it now.