Automatic Upgrade--almost two months in advance!
Jan 27, 2005 | 11:08 am
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Automatic Upgrade--almost two months in advance!
This was unexpected, but welcome. I booked an LAX-AMS roundtrip a few weeks ago for mid-March. I booked in "B" and was able to upgrade the LAX-DTW portion of my return with miles, but no luck with DTW-LAX. I got the "Upgrade Status" e-mail today. I figured I'd end up in first on that flight eventually, but it's nice to have it confirmed so soon.
Jan 27, 2005 | 2:50 pm
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I'm confused. Is this a waitlisted mileage upgrade or just an EUA that happened early? If it's just a waitlisted mileage upgrade (your title seems to indicate EUA ran early) then there's nothing really big about a DTW-LAX getting an R seat two months before.
Jan 27, 2005 | 3:14 pm
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I can get upgrade almost 11 months in advance
Originally Posted by MJLogan
This was unexpected, but welcome. I booked an LAX-AMS roundtrip a few weeks ago for mid-March. I booked in "B" and was able to upgrade the LAX-DTW portion of my return with miles, but no luck with DTW-LAX. I got the "Upgrade Status" e-mail today. I figured I'd end up in first on that flight eventually, but it's nice to have it confirmed so soon.
Well, I checked, if I book a B fare to CHINA for certain dates, I can get upgrade 11 months in advance using miles!
Jan 27, 2005 | 4:17 pm
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Originally Posted by MJLogan
This was unexpected, but welcome. I booked an LAX-AMS roundtrip a few weeks ago for mid-March. I booked in "B" and was able to upgrade the LAX-DTW portion of my return with miles, but no luck with DTW-LAX. I got the "Upgrade Status" e-mail today. I figured I'd end up in first on that flight eventually, but it's nice to have it confirmed so soon.
Last edited by YesHyM; Jan 27, 2005 at 4:21 pm
Jan 27, 2005 | 5:42 pm
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clarification
Originally Posted by MJLogan
This was unexpected, but welcome. I booked an LAX-AMS roundtrip a few weeks ago for mid-March. I booked in "B" and was able to upgrade the LAX-DTW portion of my return with miles, but no luck with DTW-LAX. I got the "Upgrade Status" e-mail today. I figured I'd end up in first on that flight eventually, but it's nice to have it confirmed so soon.
I upgraded LAX-AMS and AMS-DTW with miles, but the final domestic segment was unavailable at the time. If I got put on an upgrade waitlist for the last leg, I truly appreciate it--but nobody told me! I did assume I'd be EUA'ed a few days before the flight, but wasn't expecting anything sooner.