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As a PM who dropped down to GM on March 1, I'm 21 of 22 for upgrades with a 23rd flight on a CRJ. I fly weekends on LUT fares.
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Originally Posted by RacingJunkie
(Post 20095149)
Battle Field UpGrade
So done at the gate as opposed to getting the magic email. The best upgrades of all are those that occur on TATL flights when Y is oversold, and you only learn about them at the check-in counter (that has happened to me 4 times) and is a big, big surprise. |
So far this year I'm at 100% for eligible upgrades:
Monday morning SAT-ATL U/R -6 days Sunday evening ATL-SAT Y/R at the gate Wednesday morning SAT-MEM U/R at the gate (equipment change from a RJ to a CR9) Thursday evening MEM-LAX T/F (original flight delayed so was able to select F for an alternate flight) However, it is getting harder than last year to get upgraded at the window. |
As a lowly FO my stats pretty much reflect that... 1 for 4 eligible flights; hope I can keep 25% but not counting on it.
(Although two of them I switched onto at the last moment so I took what seats were available. First time in maybe a year or two I wasn't in EC or an exit row in Y... the difference was shocking IMHO :( Getting home 8 hours early made up for that though.) -J. |
GM 7 of 8 eligible
9-Jan MSY-LGA A/A Ineligible 9-Jan LGA-ATL A/A Ineligible 9-Jan ATL-SJU I/I Ineligible 10-Jan SJU-ATL I/I Ineligible 10-Jan ATL-LGA A/A Ineligible 10-Jan LGA-MSY A/A Ineligible 12-Jan MSY-LGA L/V WINDOW 23-Jan LGA-MSY T/T NO UPGRADE 24-Jan LGA-ATL I/I Ineligible 24-Jan ATL-SJU I/I Ineligible 24-Jan SJU-ATL I/I Ineligible 24-Jan ATL-MSY I/I Ineligible 29-Jan LGA-ATL I/I Ineligible 29-Jan ATL-SJU I/I Ineligible 29-Jan SJU-ATL I/I Ineligible 29-Jan ATL-MSY I/I Ineligible 15-Feb MSY-LGA U/R WINDOW 20-Feb LGA-MSY U/R GATE 26-Feb MSY-LGA T/R WINDOW 6-Mar LGA-MSY T/R GATE - SDC 2 HRS BEFORE 21-Mar MSY-LGA T/R WINDOW 27-Mar LGA-MSY T/R WINDOW |
Originally Posted by krlcomm
(Post 20391654)
DL DM has become a bad joke and worthless... moving on here, one less competitor for the rest of you :D... BTW, 8 for 8 at my new carrier in the last 2 weeks since status match which is amazing since I had never put one foot on one of their airplanes before the match. Have not seen more than 4 names (most have been 2 or less!) on an airport UG list either, quite a difference from the 70 - 80+ I was regularly seeing on DL. I'll miss the ATL Porsche rides (they were picking me up every time I had to switch terminals there) but that's about it. Buh bye DL!
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2013 Upgrade Success Thread
ATL-based, 22 eligible flights for the first quarter, and have 19 upgrades to show for it. 3 misses are DL 16 (not surprising) & 2 DTW-ATL flights. Fares have been about 60% LUT. Save the transcons, nearly all upgrades that happen are hitting T6. I'm lucky enough to be able to pick my flight times fairly carefully, so I'm sure that helps.
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2013 Upgrade Success Thread
2/6 on eligible segments as an FO. Most fares LUT type fares. Did get the upgrade with my wife as a companion (no status) Sunday morning CLT-MSP. The other one to clear was DTW-BUF on a Wed afternoon in Feb. so the odds were in my favor. Two more opportunities in April, a T and a B fare.
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Only 3 UG's so far this year - LAX-SFO. Other than that, nothing. Highest I've gotten was #5 out of 12 coming back from MCO. Everything else this year has had me mid-teens on a list of 25-30. Lots of ATL-LAX in there, but also LAX-MIA, MIA-ATL and some others.
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Originally Posted by JGfromOC
(Post 20481611)
Only 3 UG's so far this year - LAX-SFO. Other than that, nothing. Highest I've gotten was #5 out of 12 coming back from MCO. Everything else this year has had me mid-teens on a list of 25-30. Lots of ATL-LAX in there, but also LAX-MIA, MIA-ATL and some others.
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Originally Posted by USirritated
(Post 20483161)
Frankly, as an FO, did you expect much more that than for upgrades?
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Originally Posted by JGfromOC
(Post 20483235)
Last year my UG's were about 80-90%, so yeah, I did. I was even making UG's from MSP, DTW and ATL. My flights are the same so far in 2013.
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Originally Posted by USirritated
(Post 20483516)
That is really impressive, truly. I did not do that well as a GM in 2011 (I was not able to travel in 2012 due to illness, but I am traveling again now).
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I've already missed more UG's as a DM this year than I have the last three years of DM combined. Latest was Monday's JAX - ATL at 8:40am. I was 1 of 49 not to clear. :facepalm:
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Originally Posted by JesseRohr
(Post 20490280)
I've already missed more UG's as a DM this year than I have the last three years of DM combined. Latest was Monday's JAX - ATL at 8:40am. I was 1 of 49 not to clear. :facepalm:
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