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Longest upgrade list you've experienced?

Old Jan 26, 2012, 4:41 am
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Originally Posted by yashan
Saw a morning ATL-MSP flight that had 111 people on the upgrade list battling for 1 seat.
All, I haven't got time to read this whole thread, but if this isn't #1 it is darn close!

On ATL-DCA/DCA-ATL, I almost always see some really long (60+) lists, usually fighting for 0 seats. Then again, I usually fly out of ATL on Sun/Mon morn and DCA Thurs/Fri afternoon.
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Old Jan 26, 2012, 2:27 pm
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Originally Posted by LuvAv8n
All, I haven't got time to read this whole thread, but if this isn't #1 it is darn close!

On ATL-DCA/DCA-ATL, I almost always see some really long (60+) lists, usually fighting for 0 seats. Then again, I usually fly out of ATL on Sun/Mon morn and DCA Thurs/Fri afternoon.
I concur. Especially out of DCA to ATL. Also , DCA-SLC that upgrade list is a killer...which is the next best thing getting that far out west aside from AS's DCA-LAX non stop from DCA. In addition, the frequencies are awful like DCA-SLC.
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Old Jan 26, 2012, 2:39 pm
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Originally Posted by LuvAv8n
All, I haven't got time to read this whole thread, but if this isn't #1 it is darn close!

On ATL-DCA/DCA-ATL, I almost always see some really long (60+) lists, usually fighting for 0 seats. Then again, I usually fly out of ATL on Sun/Mon morn and DCA Thurs/Fri afternoon.
And DTW/DCA is oddly enough a VERY easy upgrade for me, even when I was FO but I always fly it on weekends. When I flew it a couple weekends ago no MLK day weekend there were at least 2 non-revs sitting up front, they brought a military person up from Y and there was still an empty seat and this was a CRJ with only 12 seats in First.
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Old Jan 27, 2012, 3:34 pm
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JAX-ATL, DL 1502 this afternoon. I was 16 of 50 on a 75N. This flight had about 30 open seats yesterday, and 8 were in F. Apparently everyone had the same idea I did about switching to the 2:10 and snagging a seat up front... Instead I ended up in a middle seat (exit row, at least).

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Old Feb 1, 2012, 9:35 pm
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Originally Posted by LuvAv8n
All, I haven't got time to read this whole thread, but if this isn't #1 it is darn close!

On ATL-DCA/DCA-ATL, I almost always see some really long (60+) lists, usually fighting for 0 seats. Then again, I usually fly out of ATL on Sun/Mon morn and DCA Thurs/Fri afternoon.
Sadly, my posting of 111 people on the UG list was trumped by

140 here and 130 here.

I didn't read all the initial posts so there could still be some higher than that...
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Old Feb 1, 2012, 10:26 pm
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On Friday, 1/27, I was 46 out of 99 on DL 1680 SFO>ATL. One of my cohorts was 97th.

Happy to UG both directions ATL>PHL>ATL this week as a lowly Gold.

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Old Feb 9, 2012, 6:45 pm
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Hi all,

Currently on DL 721 MSP-ATL. I was 16 of 83 with one seat open up front on this MD-90. Longest list IME.
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Old Feb 21, 2012, 2:11 pm
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Originally Posted by rwoman
Hi all,

Currently on DL 721 MSP-ATL. I was 16 of 83 with one seat open up front on this MD-90. Longest list IME.
Can't match your 83 total, but I was #16 as a DM with zero seats open this morning SLC-ATL.
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Old Feb 21, 2012, 2:20 pm
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Originally Posted by krpjr
I concur. Especially out of DCA to ATL. Also , DCA-SLC that upgrade list is a killer...which is the next best thing getting that far out west aside from AS's DCA-LAX non stop from DCA. In addition, the frequencies are awful like DCA-SLC.
SLC-DCA on Sunday and Monday and DCA-SLC on Thursday and Friday are my worst lists although anything ex-DCA seems to be getting worse on getting upgrades. I normally clear at window but yesterday didnt clear until the gate for my MEM-DCA flight.
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Old Feb 21, 2012, 2:49 pm
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I wasn't on it but it was 31 or so DL1501 BOS-ATL (7:15am dep) 2/15
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Old Feb 21, 2012, 6:53 pm
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I was #31 of 142 on Monday's Atlanta to Las Vegas flight. HIMSS conference in Vegas had a ton of folks on that flight.
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Old Mar 15, 2012, 2:54 pm
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Not a DL flight, but looks like we've got competition for swollen lists of Elite pax! A friend of mine just texted me from ORD on his way to SFO on a UA flight. He's a 1K on UA (or whatever that equivalent is now) and is #7 of 96 for 2 remaining seats on a domestic-configured 767. Whoo!
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Old Sep 10, 2012, 6:26 am
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Longest upgrade list you've experienced?

156 on this AM's 1455 ATL-LAX. SC agent said that 8 diamonds ended up sitting in the back of the 777. I ended up 22 for 27 seats.

Last edited by Leezell; Sep 10, 2012 at 6:33 am
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Old Sep 10, 2012, 6:35 am
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We May Have a Winner!

Originally Posted by Leezell
156 on this AM's 1455 ATL-LAX. SC agent said that 8 diamonds ended up sitting in the back of the 777.
Leezell
Congratulations, this will be tough to beat!

Anyone?

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Old Sep 10, 2012, 6:49 am
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Originally Posted by Leezell
156 on this AM's 1455 ATL-LAX. SC agent said that 8 diamonds ended up sitting in the back of the 777. I ended up 22 for 27 seats.
quite a list. Glad that you were on the right side of the curtain!
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