Longest upgrade list you've experienced?
Nov 18, 2011, 4:53 pm
#197
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 116
As a PM on a K fare I was somewhere in the 20s out of about 40 for 0 seats going DTW-SFO on the last flight out on a Sunday.
On the way back, I was again 20 something out of 50ish from SFO-MSP, earliest flight on Thursday morning. I heard some people talking about the upgrade list w/ a FA and she remembered this route having 96 people on the upgrade list one time.
Both these routes were offering P-fares right up until departure. I had better luck as a GM earlier in the year.
On the way back, I was again 20 something out of 50ish from SFO-MSP, earliest flight on Thursday morning. I heard some people talking about the upgrade list w/ a FA and she remembered this route having 96 people on the upgrade list one time.
Both these routes were offering P-fares right up until departure. I had better luck as a GM earlier in the year.
Nov 18, 2011, 5:55 pm
#199
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Orlando, FL
Programs: Delta GM/1.5MM ~ United Silver ~ Marriott Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 1,434
Last Saturday AM with 0 FC available I was #3 of 40 something on a LAS-ATL segment ~ as a DM on a B fare as I had to book it last minute ~ and when I booked it that flight had the highest amount of F still available at the time. Needless to same, I SDC'd that bad boy onto the LAS-JFK flight that had 8 open FC seats and ended up getting home earlier, earned more miles and sat upfront.
Would have been the 2nd UG that I missed all year had I stayed on the flight. Was expecting to be #1 on the list as I had put in for a PU503 upgrade - not. Not sure who was trumping me other than a DM on a full Y but there was zero chance I was going to risk missing the upgrade so I bailed.
Would have been the 2nd UG that I missed all year had I stayed on the flight. Was expecting to be #1 on the list as I had put in for a PU503 upgrade - not. Not sure who was trumping me other than a DM on a full Y but there was zero chance I was going to risk missing the upgrade so I bailed.
Jan 13, 2012, 12:06 pm
#204
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2008
Location: CHA, MAN;
Programs: Delta DM 1 MM; Hz PC
Posts: 11,169
Jan 13, 2012, 12:25 pm
#205
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: Delta SkyMiles, AA
Posts: 441
Due to ATL being the main hub and SEA tech heavy in business, which = tons of weekly traveling IT Consultants on this route. I am DM on a flight next Tuesday ATL-SEA on an (M) fare and have not cleared T-4 days out now.
Jan 13, 2012, 12:46 pm
#206
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 186
It was an old Northwest 757 I think. I am a DM, and was on award ticket, so I didn't make the upgrade. I'm pretty sure 95% of the plane was zone1/2. It was awesome.
Jan 13, 2012, 2:38 pm
#207
FlyerTalk Evangelist & Ambassador: China
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: DEN
Programs: DL DM/MM, UA 1K, AA Exp, HH Dia, WOH Glob, IHG Plat, Marriott Gold, NA EE, Hertz PC
Posts: 17,423
Jan 13, 2012, 3:51 pm
#208
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: LAX/BOS/HKG/AMS/SFO...hmm, I need a life.
Programs: United1K, AA ExPlAAt, DL MM/Gold, Hilton Diamond, Avis First
Posts: 13,316
DL15 = 3
DL1220 = 5
DL129 = 8
DL2368 = 6
Not a single V for the entire day.
Jan 13, 2012, 4:04 pm
#209
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: ATL
Programs: DM, KM,
Posts: 173
In 2010, as a PM UG'd about 80%, usually on the 9:50 am ATL-SEA and the 1:30 pm return. Since last Summer, no UG's. Next week, my 2nd to SEA as a DM and I decided to SWU (1st time, paid F).