(not) cleared Upgrades
Apr 14, 2020, 1:02 am
#228
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While there is R on the flights where I've detected U is zeroed, I can't really see the logic. (not that there has to be a logic 
If they did connect the upgrade and award to a revenue class, wouldn't it be the cheaper one like R? So I'm guessing they are back to the ordinary system. Release zero U seats and then wait. As departure is getting nearer and waitlist grows, evaluate if and how many seats to be released. Just my 2 öre.
If they did connect the upgrade and award to a revenue class, wouldn't it be the cheaper one like R? So I'm guessing they are back to the ordinary system. Release zero U seats and then wait. As departure is getting nearer and waitlist grows, evaluate if and how many seats to be released. Just my 2 öre.
Apr 14, 2020, 1:05 am
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Yeah, exactly! It could be that they had manually released U with the previous inventory, but when they switched ticket types, it affected the manual inventory released. Well, it's all just speculation, but indeed there was plenty of U availability before 31MAR.
Apr 14, 2020, 4:31 am
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Yes it all changed soon after they cancelled everything until 30/6.
The crazy thing was that upgrades for June flights were confirmed literally days before they were axed.
For future travel U seems very limited again and I would assume it stays like that until there’s a clear path when flights might possibly start again. Makes sense, really, if I was calling the shots at AY I would not confirm a single upgrade/award until flights are resuming. Demand is not going to sky rocket from day1 so plenty of time for bookings later. Flights will be among the last things to resume..unfortunately
The crazy thing was that upgrades for June flights were confirmed literally days before they were axed.
For future travel U seems very limited again and I would assume it stays like that until there’s a clear path when flights might possibly start again. Makes sense, really, if I was calling the shots at AY I would not confirm a single upgrade/award until flights are resuming. Demand is not going to sky rocket from day1 so plenty of time for bookings later. Flights will be among the last things to resume..unfortunately