2018 Upgrade Success (Or Lack Thereof)

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Jan 1, 2018, 3:51 am

123Go

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2018 Upgrade Success (Or Lack Thereof)

New year same thread. A place to share your upgrade success or lack thereof.

2014: FO: 5/9 56% link
2015: FO: 0/7 0%, GM: 6/14 43%, PM: 3/3 100% link
2016: PM: 10/23 41%, 1/3 33% RUC link
2017: PM: 4/20 20% Comp Upgrades, 8/9 89% RUC link

2018: PM: 16/29 55% Comp Upgrades 4/4 100% RUC
1/3 ZRH-JFK (K) 763 Mileage Upgrade at T-6
1/11 JFK-AMS (X) 763 Not Upgrade Eligible
1/12 AMS-GVA (X) 737 Not Upgrade Eligible
1/16 GVA-AMS (X) 737 Not Upgrade Eligible
1/16 AMS-JFK (X) 763 Mileage Upgrade at Gate
2/8 JFK-LAS (L) 739 No Upgrade 2 of 15 for 1 Seat
2/11 LAS-JFK (L) 752 No Upgrade 10 of 30 for 1 Seat
3/3 JFK-FLL (L) A320 Upgrade at Booking IRROPS
3/5 PBI-LGA (L) A320 No Upgrade 7 of 40 for 0 Seats
3/14 JFK-LAS (L) 739 No Upgrade 11 of 20 for 0 Seats
3/19 LAS-JFK (U) 752 No Upgrade 4 of 17 for 0 Seats
3/26 JFK-PBI (X) A319 Upgrade at 5 Days
4/1 FLL-JFK (K) 739 No Upgrade 6 of 25 for 1 Seat
4/13 LGA-CVG (T) CR9 No Upgrade 3 of 12 for 2 Seats
4/15 CVG-LGA (V) CR9 Upgrade at 4 Days (+Companion)
5/9 JFK-AMS (L) A333 Not Upgrade Eligible
5/15 CDG-JFK (V) A333 Not Upgrade Eligible
6/9 LGA-BOS (NX) E175 Upgrade at Window
6/14 JFK-CDG (V) A332 Not Upgrade Eligible
6/21 JFK-LAX (U) A332 RUC Upgrade at Booking IRROPS
6/21 JFK-LAX (Z) 752 No Upgrade 0 Seats Available
6/24 LAS-JFK (L) 739 RUC Upgrade at T-2
6/29 JFK-SLC (T) 738 No Upgrade 15 of 43 for 0 Seats
6/29 SLC-ASE (T) CR7 Upgrade at Window
7/6 ASE-SLC (X) CR7 Upgrade at Window
7/6 SLC-JFK (X) 739 Upgrade at Booking IRROPS
8/17 JFK-LAX (L) 764 RUC Upgrade at Booking
8/20 LAX-JFK (K) 752 RUC Upgrade at Booking

10/5 LGA-ATL (NX) A321 No Upgrade 10 of 50 for 4 Seats
10/5 ATL-LEX (NX) CR9 Upgrade at Gate 2 of 17 for 5 Seats
10/7 LEX-LGA (NX) CR9 Upgrade at Window
10/12 JFK-MIA (U) A319 Gate Upgrade 2 of 6 for 3 Seats
10/15 MIA-LGA (U) A320 Upgrade at T-4
10/31 LGA-SDF (NV) CR9 Upgrade at Gate 1 of 9 for 2 Seats
11/4 LEX-LGA (NV) CR9 Upgrade at Window
11/6 LGA-ORD (V) 712 No Upgrade 4 of 23 for 1 Seat
11/7 ORD-LGA (NV) 712 No Upgrade 8 of 42 for 3 Seats
11/16 LGA-PBI (T) A320 No Upgrade 15 of 35 for 0 Seats
11/25 PBI-LGA (Q) A320 Upgrade at Gate 7 of 26 for 7 Seats
12/23 JFK-PBI (H) 712 Upgrade at Booking
12/30 MIA-JFK (Q) A321 Gate Upgrade 3 of 14 for 3 Seats

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Last edited by 123Go; Dec 30, 2018 at 5:36 pm

Jan 1, 2018, 8:39 am

tentseller

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0/6 domestic
0/2 (GUC) TPAC

Jan 1, 2018, 8:43 am

LoganFlyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tentseller

0/6 domestic
0/2 (GUC) TPAC

I have to ask. It's 10:43 AM US East Coast time on the 1st of January. How have you already flown 6 domestic legs and 2 TPAC legs in 2018?

Jan 1, 2018, 8:44 am

pvn

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you've already flown 6 domestic and 2 TPAC segments???

Jan 1, 2018, 8:46 am

tentseller

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LoganFlyer

I have to ask. It's 10:43 AM US East Coast time on the 1st of January. How have you already flown 6 domestic legs and 2 TPAC legs?

Awaiting clearing into F, already <T-6 These flights usually clear at DM window.
GUC waitlisted Jan 9

Jan 1, 2018, 9:39 am

JoelThomas

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Posted in last year's thread, but upgraded to F 1/1 8:30a DTW-GRR, CR7, FO plus companion on award ticket

Jan 1, 2018, 1:59 pm

Saj8986

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PDX/SEA/LAS Jan 2 at diamond window.
Nice way to start the year.

Jan 1, 2018, 2:12 pm

pvn

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tentseller

Awaiting clearing into F, already <T-6 These flights usually clear at DM window.
GUC waitlisted Jan 9

Seems weird (and not very useful0 to post them before the actual flight

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Jan 1, 2018, 3:09 pm

hotshot265

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1/2 on 1/1/18 as GM. Cleared @ window into F for MKE-SLC and into C+ for SLC-PHX. Was 10 of 10 for 2 on SLC-PHX. PHX is a hard upgrade to get I have found since being here. Most of my trips I have paid for F...but looking at the lists they can be quite long in and out of PHX. Delta does very well with selling the F and C+ cabin in this market. There are many flights that have the C+ cabin sold out before the upgrade windows open with only 2-3 F seats available.

Jan 1, 2018, 11:09 pm

#10

RacingJunkie

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After a horrible 2017 (8% rate), which was worse than 2016 (16%) here's to a new year.

2018 - 1/14

2/3 - PDX - LAX Scored a crappy ERJ 175 upgrade
2/3 - LAX - ATL - Bought the upgrade for lie flat
2/4 - ATL - BON - Denied. #1 for zero seats
2/11 - BON - ATL - Denied. #2 for zero seats.
2/12 - ATL - PDX - Denied. 32/50 for zero seats.
3/6 - PDX - DTW - Denied.
3/7 - DTW - JAX - Denied.
3/11 - JAX - ATL - Denied. 47/52 for zero seats
3/11 - ATL - PDX - Denied. 25/29 for zero seats
3/23 - PDX - ATL - Denied
3/24 - ATL - SXM - Denied
4/1 - SXM - ATL - Denied
4/2 - ATL - PDX - Denied
9/26 - PDX - SEA - Denied
9/26 - SEA - SFO WFBF
10/1 - SFO - SEA WFBF
10/1 - SEA - PDX - Denied

12/4 - PDX - ATL WFBF 767
12/4 - ATL - BHM WFBF
12/12 - BHM - ATL - Denied
12/12 - ATL - PDX - Bought the upgrade

Last edited by RacingJunkie; Jan 4, 2019 at 2:08 am

Jan 2, 2018, 9:13 am

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bworrell

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I'm currently 3/3 for upgrades after booking (was already within window)
1/3 LAS-SLC
1/3 SLC-MSP
1/4 MSP-CUN

Jan 2, 2018, 9:35 am

#12

btonkid12345

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1/4 BOS-ATL cleared at window

Jan 2, 2018, 10:14 am

#13

kpbadger

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0/1 so far - January 1 ATL to MSN on a 717 had F completely sold for weeks and last night had 5 young children and their parents. Given noise level up there I was much happier in C+.

Also, my wife (GM) was op-up'ed on a long-haul to AF business while son and I (DM) were not. Don't have to feel bad about not trading any domestic first class upgrades with her in 2018!