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Originally Posted by jzweighaft
(Post 20041611)
Nice! I was on AF23, the 4:45pm departure on the A330. I was supposed to be on AF11 the night before, though.
I was in Y, then at the gate I asked if there were any upgrades available (after flying LGA-MSP-SLC-ATL-LGA in Y in the preceding 26 hours, I was willing to pay for one!) and they said I was already reseated in prem econ :) That's when things got really interesting... once I'm in my seat the gate agent comes and asks my seatmate if he's Bob. He's not so he says no. I see a boarding pass that says 1J so I tell him I can be Bob if he wants. He laughs and walks away. Five minutes later he returns and asks if I'm Josh. Bob is a GM and was in 1J. I'm Josh and I was in 1K :D I will say that AF treats FOs better than DL does. -J. |
Originally Posted by jzweighaft
(Post 20041611)
Nice! I was on AF23, the 4:45pm departure on the A330. I was supposed to be on AF11 the night before, though.
I was in Y, then at the gate I asked if there were any upgrades available (after flying LGA-MSP-SLC-ATL-LGA in Y in the preceding 26 hours, I was willing to pay for one!) and they said I was already reseated in prem econ :) That's when things got really interesting... once I'm in my seat the gate agent comes and asks my seatmate if he's Bob. He's not so he says no. I see a boarding pass that says 1J so I tell him I can be Bob if he wants. He laughs and walks away. Five minutes later he returns and asks if I'm Josh. Bob is a GM and was in 1J. I'm Josh and I was in 1K :D I will say that AF treats FOs better than DL does. -J. AF actually UG's folks on TATL flights? Maybe I should see about flying with them to FCO (via CDG) in June. |
GM out of ATL - Final 2013 Stats...
1/19: ATL-DTW (U) - #6 on UG for 4 seats 1/19: DTW-LAX (U) - Upgraded at 3 Day Window 1/19: LAX-OAK (U) - Upgraded at 3 Day Window 1/20: OAK-LAX (U) - Upgraded at 3 Day Window 1/20: LAX-DTW (U) - #12 for 2 seats 1/20: DTW-ATL (U) - BFUG (#2 for 4 seats) 2/1: LGA-ATL (T) - No Upgrade 2/1: ATL-SNA (T) - No Upgrade 2/2: SNA-ATL (T) - No Upgrade 2/2: ATL-JFK (T) - BFUG 3/4: ATL-MCO (T) - No Upgrade 3/6: MCO-ATL (T) - No Upgrade 4/12: ATL-LAX (U) - No Upgrade - with Kettle Companion 4/12: LAX-HND (T) - Not Upgrade Eligible 4/22: HND-LAX (T) - Not Upgrade Eligible 4/21: LAX-ATL (U) - No Upgrade - with Kettle Companion 6/3: ATL-MCO (X) - No Upgrade 6/5: MCO-ATL (V) - No Upgrade 7/11: ATL-BCN (T) - Not Upgrade Eligible 7/28: BCN-ATL (L) - Not Upgrade Eligible 8/16: ATL-LGA (U) - Upgraded 8/18: JFK-ATL (U) - No Upgrade 10/12: ATL-MCO (K) - No upgrade - with Kettle Companion 10/16: MCO-ATL (T) - No Upgrade - with Kettle Companion 11/9: ATL-LAX (V) - No Upgrade - with Kettle Companion 11/9: LAX-HNL (V) - Not Upgrade Eligible 11/16: HNL-LAX (X) - Not Upgrade ELigible 11/17: SLC-ATL (X) - No Upgrade - with Kettle Companion Overall Upgraded on 6/22 but flying alone 6/16, so out of ATL, not terrible in the end... |
Originally Posted by tfc3rid
(Post 20094578)
Thus far 4/6 as GM...
1/19: ATL-DTW - #6 on UG for 4 seats 1/19: DTW-LAX - Upgraded at 3 Day Window 1/19: LAX-OAK - Upgraded at 3 Day Window 1/20: OAK-LAX - Upgraded at 3 Day Window 1/20: LAX-DTW - #12 for 2 seats 1/20: DTW-ATL: BFUG Not too bad so far... |
Originally Posted by USirritated
(Post 20094681)
I'm usually very good on abbreviations and acronyms, but I have no bleepin' idea what "BFUG" means. Little help please?
So done at the gate as opposed to getting the magic email. |
2012:
FO 8/12 GM 0/6 PM 4/7 The above is slightly skewed as I traveled a lot with my non-status, now FO wife (especially when I was GM). Funny how my upgrade% was best when I was FO. (Not included was any segments with RJ's) 2013: PM 10/17 1/19 JFK-PHX T #5 of 11 for 9 seats. upgraded at gate 1/21 PHX-JFK K #8 of 24 for 3 seats. no upgrade 2/28 LGA-ORD U ug 6 days out 3/4 ORD-LGA T ug 6 days out 5/24 JFK-LAX U #9 of 25 for 5 seats. no upgrade 5/24 LAX-SFO U ug 6 days out 5/27 SFO-JFK U #15 of 31 for 7 seats. no upgrade 9/3 BOS-JFK T #1 of 8 for 5 seats. upgraded at gate (gave ug to my FO wife who was #8 on the list) 10/4 LGA-MSP T #9 of 17 for 4 seats. no upgrade 10/7 MSP-ATL T #14 of 47 for 2 seats. no upgrade 10/7 ATL-JFK T ug 6 days out (first domestic lie flat!) 10/25 JFK-DCA V ug 6 days out 10/27 DCA-JFK V ug 6 days out (SDC'd at 24 hour window to below) 10/27 DCA-CVG V #1 of 3 for 2 seats. upgraded at gate 10/27 CVG-JFK V #5 of 12 for 3 seats. no upgrade 12/28 JFK-LAS X #3 of 4 for 2 seats. no upgrade 12/28 LAS-JFK V ug 6 days out |
2013 PM
Jan 15th MCI-ATL ug 6 days out Jan 15th ATL-DAY ug 6 days out Jan 19th DAY-ATL ug at check in Jan 19th ATL-MCI Bfug but 1/27 first time ever!! PM on a Q fare so 4/4 on DL |
I am DM. I was 7/7 and UG at 6 day window til my last flight. Was #2 out of 0. All 1st class seats were purchased, I think, last day. So did a SDC and I'm now 8/8.
2/2 for tomorrow. LAS-LAX 6 days out LAX-ATL 2 days out. (the 777 lie flat) |
Originally Posted by zapfchan
(Post 20007584)
0 for 3 so far - DTW to SFO and back. #10 of 50 on the upgrade list this past Sunday night. What's the point of being a DM? joke....
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Originally Posted by USirritated
(Post 20094681)
I'm usually very good on abbreviations and acronyms, but I have no bleepin' idea what "BFUG" means. Little help please?
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I got a last minute on the plane ug last night as the door closed. MCO-LAX I was 3 of many for 2 seats all day. I took my exit row aisle and settled in. At the kast ninute, I was sent forward:):)
Yay DL at MCO! Just to add DM on Q fare. |
PM here:
1/3 LAX-JFK (40 minutes before the flight) 1/19 LGA-ATL (window) 1/19 ATL-ECP (window) 1/21 ECP-ATL (no upgrade, 11 of ?? for 2 seats) 1/21 ATL-LGA (no upgrade, 15 of 40+ for 0 seats) |
After the last three years running 85-90%, my success so far this year is 22%.
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2013: 3/7 so far as a GM.
IND-DTW: Missed by 30+ (Monday morning) DTW-SAT: Missed by 1 (Monday morning) SAT-MSP: Missed by 1 (Friday morning) MSP-IND: Cleared at window (Friday morning) DAY-ATL: Cleared at Window (Flight's tomorrow - Wednesday afternoon) ATL-TPA: Awaiting (Wil be BFUG if it clears. Flight is tomorrow evening) TPA-ATL: Cleared at booking (Y-fare) ATL-TPA: Awaiting (Saturday afternoon) TPA-ATL: Awaiting (Sunday morning) ATL-DAY: Awaiting (Sunday morning) |
Clear 6 for 6 LAX-SFO flights earlier this year. Other than that, been all goose eggs for me.
Was 4/5 of LAX to MIA. 17/25 MIA-ATL and 14/32 ATL-LAX. I've found if I stay west of the Mississippi I am pretty much 100% on UG's - go east and it is back of the bus for me. To be honest though, 10A on the 76Q isn't a bad seat. Almost rather have that than F to be honest. Have another SFO trip coming up soon as well as LAX-MCO-ATL-LAX and LAX-ATL-RDU-ATL-LAX. We'll see how those go for me. Hoping to hit GM here soon so we'll see how much that helps my UG's. Will be PM by June, so life should get much better by then. :D |
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