Longest upgrade list you've experienced?
#1006
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Minneapolis, MN (MSP)
Programs: DL DM, UA 1K MM, Subway Club Member
Posts: 1,988
#1007
Suspended
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: Delta Diamond, Marriott Ambassador & Lifetime Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, United Silver
Posts: 6,334
I expect an early morning flight on a Monday morning out of Minneapolis to be elite heavy, but that's crazy. Just crazy. I wonder what the flight to Chicago–Midway is like.
#1009
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: PSC
Programs: Hilton Diamond/IHG Platinum/DL Plutononium
Posts: 1,728
Been getting great upgrades out of the Pacific Northwest. Got upgraded out of PSC, PDX and SEA, all as a silver. Granted usually on Saturdays or Sundays, but it's nice getting an upgrade on a 3 hour leg to MSP.
#1011
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC (Primarily EWR)
Programs: UA 1K / *G, Marriott Bonvoy Gold; Avis PC
Posts: 9,005
Flying EWR-CLT - the UG list is 36/76 total seats on an E175...that’s got to be a really high % number. I bought the upgrade to F since I was stuck in Y- when I booked.
#1012
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NYC
Programs: Delta DM, 2MM
Posts: 1,254
#1013
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SLC
Programs: DL FO, KM, & 1.7MM; UA nothing; HH♦; National EE
Posts: 6,344
#1014
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
MSP-MDW on a CR7 today had 30 on the list. That means half the Y cabin was on the list. 0 cleared.
#1016
Join Date: May 2015
Location: DCA
Programs: AA EXP, DL FO, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 6,712
#1017
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: RDU
Programs: AA LT Gold, DL SM, HY Disc, Marriott LT Gold
Posts: 12,507
I have the flip side tonight. ORD-RDU, delayed by weather but with no good reroute. Booked to 54 on a CR7. I am the only person in F, and nobody is on either the F or C+ upgrade lists. 8 remaining in F, 15 in C+ although some folks will get op ups to C+.
#1018
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: RDU
Programs: AA LT Gold, DL SM, HY Disc, Marriott LT Gold
Posts: 12,507
#1019
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Toledo, OH
Programs: Delta DM & MM, Hilton DM, Marriott gold, Hyatt Globalist, Alaska 75K, Wyndham Diamond,
Posts: 15,399
I always clear at MDW. A lot of times I'll SDC on an ORD/DTW after I've checked in and know I won't clear on the ORD flight but as soon as I check in for the new MDW flight I'm always number 1 on the list. Diamonds must perfect ORD over MDW when flying to Detroit.
#1020
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Minneapolis
Programs: DL DM, IHG Spire, Marriott Platinum, National EE
Posts: 318
On DL2622 this morning and as a Platinum Medallion member (booked 8 weeks out) I’m 52 on an upgrade list of 114! Two actually already cleared, so with 116 originally on the list that’s almost half of the plane (234 capacity on the 757-300). Longest upgrade list I’ve ever seen personally.