New DM here. ATL-BOS upgrade odds as Diamond?
Oct 31, 2013, 10:10 am
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: Delta Diamond and HHonors Diamond
Posts: 76
New DM here. ATL-BOS upgrade odds as Diamond?
Just curious. I've historically only been Platinum. Will hit DM before my next 2 upcoming ATL-BOS-ATL trips. Typically as PM on an L-U-T fare, I'm in the 20s for an upgrade spot on a very long list (90+ often).
Typically, I'm leaving ATL in the morning and returning on that 6:45 pm flight.
With such a long line...you guys have a sense for what my upgrade odds are as DM?
To date, I've been upgraded on 1 leg out of maybe 10 on that route as PM.
Typically, I'm leaving ATL in the morning and returning on that 6:45 pm flight.
With such a long line...you guys have a sense for what my upgrade odds are as DM?
To date, I've been upgraded on 1 leg out of maybe 10 on that route as PM.
Oct 31, 2013, 11:07 am
#5
Join Date: May 1999
Location: CVG
Programs: DL DM 4MM, Lifetime Marriott Plat Elite, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,429
I've done that route as a DM many times. For the most part I have cleared the upgrade, but have still on a few times rode back cabin. It really depends on peak times.
Oct 31, 2013, 11:09 am
#6
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: BOS
Programs: DL PM, HH DM, MR Gold, SPG Gold, Amtrak SP
Posts: 158
As a PM I'm 0 for 10 or so this year on BOS-ATL and vice versa. It seems to be a tough upgrade but I also fly almost exclusively at peak times. I'm usually in the 20ish area as well on the upgrade list. As a DM you'll move up of course but with the LUT fares I would assume you'll be less than 100%.
Oct 31, 2013, 11:19 am
#7
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: South of Atlanta
Programs: DL Diamond, DL 1MM, Marriott Platinum Premier and Lifetime Platinum
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Been doing this route off and on for the last 2 years .. Monday morning's ATL to BOS is tough as a DM - at best 50% on the early flight. Thursday and evening Wed afternoon can also be tough on the return.
So to be honest, I think DL has really managed revenue well on this flight. I often end up buying the first class tix which can at times be only $100 to $150 more than coach if I buy pretty close in to my flight .. I suspect others are doing this as well.
So to be honest, I think DL has really managed revenue well on this flight. I often end up buying the first class tix which can at times be only $100 to $150 more than coach if I buy pretty close in to my flight .. I suspect others are doing this as well.
Oct 31, 2013, 2:16 pm
#9
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Flying it this weekend - as you know, no business travel so much easier. I am DM and got the Upgrades through at the 5 day window. Monday morning and Friday night there would be almost zilch chance.
Last edited by GRALISTAIR; Oct 31, 2013 at 3:37 pm
Oct 31, 2013, 3:30 pm
#11
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: New York, NY
Programs: AA ExPl, DL PM, UA Silver, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium, probably some others
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I just flew this for the first time on Friday as a DM. I was upgraded at the gate as the fourth person with four seats open on a T fare. On the way to Atlanta, IRROPS allowed me to re-book a flight home to ATL (I was on a MR through SJC and expected to get ORC, although DL ended up just assigning me a trip in vain and gave me the miles from BOS-ATL RT) that night. I took the last flight out of ATL, which was mostly empty in Y, and I was second on a five-person list for the upgrade into F.
Oct 31, 2013, 6:04 pm
#12
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: BOS/MHT (Lakes Region)
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Oct 31, 2013, 6:26 pm
#13
Join Date: Nov 2010
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Nov 1, 2013, 4:12 pm
#14
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