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Oct 13, 2008, 4:11 pm
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Oct 13, 2008, 4:12 pm
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Here's the outcome of this one:
Before the outbound I called LX to split my PNR. Worked perfectly.
No upgrade on the outbound. Checkin lady told me that I'd have been upgraded if biz would not have been full too.
Inbound: opup cleared. All my parents (both FTL), sister (basic) and me have been upgraded to C ^. Staff in CAI was very nice. At checkin I asked for a cash upgrade only to be told that we might have already been upgraded and that we should check at the gate. Got a Y bp with a handwritten comment "check at gate". During boarding a friendly guy came over to hand us over 4 new C bp for the small (premium) cabin row 4 and 5
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Before the outbound I called LX to split my PNR. Worked perfectly.
No upgrade on the outbound. Checkin lady told me that I'd have been upgraded if biz would not have been full too.
Inbound: opup cleared. All my parents (both FTL), sister (basic) and me have been upgraded to C ^. Staff in CAI was very nice. At checkin I asked for a cash upgrade only to be told that we might have already been upgraded and that we should check at the gate. Got a Y bp with a handwritten comment "check at gate". During boarding a friendly guy came over to hand us over 4 new C bp for the small (premium) cabin row 4 and 5
^.Somewhere I heared that the chances for an opup are smaller if 2 pax are in the same PNR. Considering this advice I booked 2 separate tix for a companion and myself to Asia and I got upgraded to C. Upon my request my companion (FTL) has then been moved to the front as well.
This week I have a different situation. Both my sister (Blue) and I are booked in the same PNR (Family trip sponsored by my parents and I guess the TA just booked my sister and me together, and in a 2nd PNR my parents (they have an earlier oubound, same inbound).
I'm still hoping for an opup, both the outbound and inbound seem to be totally sold out in Y (and J on the outbound) You can't buy tix in Y on lx.com anymore.
LX236 ZRH-CAI F4 A4 C0 D0 Z0 J0 Y0 B0 M0 H0 U0 G0 Q0 K0 V0 L0 W0 T0 E0
LX237 CAI-ZRH F8 A8 C9 D9 Z8 J7 Y0 B0 M0 H0 U0 G0 Q0 K0 V0 L0 W0 T0 E0
So how yould you judge this? Does the fact that I'm in the same PNR as my sister lower my chances for an opup? We are travelling in K (outbound) and in G on the inbound.
Any advices?
Thank you
PS. I received a 6 digit alpha-numeric record locator. I tried to retrieve it on checkmytrip, viewtrip, virtuallythere, lx.com, lh.com but can't find it! Anybody knows? AFAIK it looks like an amadeus reservation on the pax receipt. Or is this a LX phone reservatin and therefore I'am unable to view it on lx.com?
This week I have a different situation. Both my sister (Blue) and I are booked in the same PNR (Family trip sponsored by my parents and I guess the TA just booked my sister and me together, and in a 2nd PNR my parents (they have an earlier oubound, same inbound).
I'm still hoping for an opup, both the outbound and inbound seem to be totally sold out in Y (and J on the outbound) You can't buy tix in Y on lx.com anymore.
LX236 ZRH-CAI F4 A4 C0 D0 Z0 J0 Y0 B0 M0 H0 U0 G0 Q0 K0 V0 L0 W0 T0 E0
LX237 CAI-ZRH F8 A8 C9 D9 Z8 J7 Y0 B0 M0 H0 U0 G0 Q0 K0 V0 L0 W0 T0 E0
So how yould you judge this? Does the fact that I'm in the same PNR as my sister lower my chances for an opup? We are travelling in K (outbound) and in G on the inbound.
Any advices?
Thank you
PS. I received a 6 digit alpha-numeric record locator. I tried to retrieve it on checkmytrip, viewtrip, virtuallythere, lx.com, lh.com but can't find it! Anybody knows? AFAIK it looks like an amadeus reservation on the pax receipt. Or is this a LX phone reservatin and therefore I'am unable to view it on lx.com?
Last edited by f4freeJunior; Oct 13, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Oct 13, 2008, 5:28 pm
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Oct 13, 2008, 5:29 pm
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Oct 13, 2008, 5:31 pm
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Nice to hear that you got the op up on the inbound!
Oct 14, 2008, 12:30 am
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Oct 14, 2008, 12:54 am
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Oct 14, 2008, 2:10 am
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Oct 14, 2008, 6:43 am
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Oct 14, 2008, 11:20 am
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Excellent plan ^. Or our TTM.
Or LH for that matter 
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I wonder where it goes "LH, hell, purgatory, heaven" or "hell, LH, purgatory, heaven"? I reckon it must be the second as even a flight in Y doesn't last eternally but also you are definitely not a clean slate like after purgatory..
Where I grew up fairy tales didn't involve hell, purgatory or heaven 
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...I wonder where it goes "LH, hell, purgatory, heaven" or "hell, LH, purgatory, heaven"? I reckon it must be the second as even a flight in Y doesn't last eternally but also you are definitely not a clean slate like after purgatory..
Oct 14, 2008, 12:15 pm
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Correct!! @:-)
It sounds about right as far as Y goes but there's some doubt as to where C and F fits in, especially in terms of food on offer...
I wonder where it goes "LH, hell, purgatory, heaven" or "hell, LH, purgatory, heaven"? I reckon it must be the second as even a flight in Y doesn't last eternally but also you are definitely not a clean slate like after purgatory..
Oct 14, 2008, 12:35 pm
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Oct 14, 2008, 12:57 pm
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Oct 14, 2008, 1:11 pm
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As is usual in this thread, weero puts everything into perspective.