ElmhurstNick

Holiday Saturday, PM U fare - RDU-DTW 717 and DTW-ORD CR9 both cleared at the window.

MCO Flyer

Yes they finally rolled out the new “premium cold boxed meals.” Don’t get too excited as these are just a slight step above the Flight Fuel snack boxes and still no where near what the normal pre-COVID meal service.

Wimsta

I was hoping to get some clear at the window action, it's been a while, no luck... tried the deselect and reselect the UG and I guess that trick doesn't work... I guess they hold more inventory than they used to.

I feel like I've forgotten everything or it is all changed or both... so many PMs now.

Repooc17

Upgraded around T-24 on JFK->BZN (return trip on another carrier since DL only operates this route on certain days of the week and didn't fit with my schedule) as a Gold member. F fully booked except for two seats, I got 1A; 1B was offered to #1 on the gate upgrade list who either no-showed, or declined the upgrade (#1 and #2 shared the same last name (assumed they were traveling together).

Originally booked ticket was a cheapo V fare. Not a lot of elites travel on this route.

diburning

Gold Medallion

Late June: ORD-BOS cleared at Gold window (T-72)
Early August: This was an interesting one. My employer originally booked me on an afternoon DCA-BOS flight. When I checked in, I was #7 for 0 F seats, and #5 for 3 C+. I SDC'ed to an earlier flight where I was #3 for 2 seats. After SDC-ing, I immediately cleared into C+. When I woke up to head to the airport, I saw that I had cleared into F ahead of the 2 people who were ahead of me on the F upgrade list. The people who were on the F upgrade list were also on the C+ upgrade list, but not the standby list so I don't think they were nonrevs. The last seat went to a nonrev (uniformed employee). The two people who were ahead of me on the upgrade list cleared into C+. I was surprised to see that they were Diamonds (boarding group showed Diamond). I don't know what happened here, but I wasn't questioning it.

2/2 so far for 2021. I have one upcoming trip booked in economy next week that I'll report on. There have been so many decent front cabin fares that I've been simply booking in F/D1 for the rest of the year to take advantage of the accelerators.

Zorak

Were the two DMs and you 1-2-3 on the upgrade list, and if so, is it possible they were traveling together? (EDIT: oh, I can't read, you said you were #3, although, people could've checked in after you so there's still some unknown variability -- was anyone else on the list at the gate?)

Since you cleared in advance and not at the gate, it's possible RM opened up exactly one seat in which case I think it would skip over a party of 2 and upgrade the next single. (At the gate they would page them and ask if they wanted to split up for the upgrade)

SDQBound

SDQ-ATL -> Booked C+. Upgraded to F at the gate
ATL-DCA-> Booked C+. 3/14 for 0 seats.

DCA-MSP: Upgraded to C+ a few hours ahead of the window, 9/22 for 0 F seats.
MSP-SFO: Upgraded to C+ When first segment cleared, 13/27 for 0 F seats
SFO-JFK: Upgraded to C+ ahead of time but to a middle seat so downgraded to Y, 19/35 for 0 Delta One seats.
JFK-DCA: Upgraded to F at the window.

F: 2/6 = 33%

MarkCron

as a Platinum 19 on SFO-JFK and 13 on MSP-SFO ,,,, what day of the week were these? Looking like the good old days lol

coke cans and winglets

Had a pretty good old days upgrade list back in July on an ATL-JAX, 47 people on the First list on a Thursday afternoon, was in confirmed First though.

ohhleary

Update on my late summer flying: 80% upgrade success in the past month, with some admittedly oddball itineraries and a couple Saturday morning flights where upgrades are ripe for the picking.

PM here, all solo flying, all on paid itineraries

8/5 LGA-DTW (A320) -- upgraded to F immediately upon making a SDC the night before to an earlier flight that was mostly empty because it appeared to be a repositioning flight they turned into a revenue flight (it was numbered DL8798)
8/7 DTW-HPN (CRJ9) -- upgraded to F at booking (booked ~72 hours out)
8/13 LGA-BNA (CRJ9) -- upgraded to F at the 5-day window
8/16 BNA-JFK (CRJ9) -- upgraded to F at the 5-day window
8/28 PVD-DTW (CRJ7) -- upgraded to F at the 5-day window
8/28 DTW-CLE (CRJ9) -- upgraded to C+ at booking, was #7 for upgrade to F, did not clear
8/30 CLE-LGA (CRJ9) -- upgraded to F at the 5-day window
9/1 JFK-ATL (B739) -- upgraded to F at the 5-day window
9/1 ATL-MSP (A321) -- upgraded to C+ at booking, was #11 for upgrade to F, did not clear
9/4 MSP-LGA (A221) -- upgraded to F at the 5-day window

diburning

No one else on the list at the gate. RM opening one seat makes sense. The two Diamonds that were traveling together that cleared into C+ but not F boarded last and seemed to be out of breath, so it's possible that they weren't in the gate area for the GA to ask.

JackFranchino

PM in V class

9/10 RDU-MSP A319 - Upgraded to FC 4 hours out.

9/10 MSP-SNA A319 - Upgraded to C+ at gate. #8 for 4 FC seats.

9/12 LAX-JFK B764 - Upgraded to C+ at booking (really a Premium Select seat). #11/55 for 0 D1 at departure.

9/12 JFK-RDU CRJ9 - Upgraded to FC 2 days out.

SDQBound

MSP-SFO Thursday red eye, so totally expected.
SFO-JFK Sunday before Labor Day, I was expecting better.

RacingJunkie

3/26 PDX - ATL - Denied
3/27 ATL - STT - Cleared with companion
4/3 STT - MSP - Denied
4/3 MSP - PDX - Cleared with companion
9/2 PDX - MSP - Cleared with companion
9/2 MSP - DCA - Denied
9/5 DCA - MSP - Cleared with companion
9/5 MSP - PDX - Cleared with companion
9/14 PDX - ATL - Denied
9/14 ATL - AUS - Cleared
9/14 AUS - MSP - Cleared
9/14 MSP - PDX - Cleared
9/30 PDX - MSP - Cleared with companion
9/30 MSP - PIT - Cleared with companion
10/1 PIT - MSP - Cleared with companion
10/1 MSP - PDX - Cleared with companion
10/13 PDX - ATL
10/13 ATL - AMS
10/14 AMS - BCN
10/17 BCN - AMS
10/17 AMS - SEA
10/17 SEA - PDX

jamflyer

Update: 9/2-9/4 Upgraded to FC - both legs TPA-JFK