Upgrades??
Mar 28, 2002 | 4:52 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Ft Lauderdale
Posts: 2,596
Upgrades??
Does checking in online 24 hours from your flight put u on the standby list then? Or does this exclude you from the last night of the EUA, and then it's just at the airport when you physically get there? Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
Thanks
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Just visting from the Continental's land of "ENHANCEMENT"
Thanks
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Just visting from the Continental's land of "ENHANCEMENT"
Mar 28, 2002 | 8:21 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: BSB
Programs: DL 2 MM
Posts: 5,004
You are on the airport "CHECKED IN" priority stand by list perhaps up to 22 hours ahead of the folks who check in at the airport.
This is a VERY, VERY good way to make sure you are ahead of other elites.
I have had the misfortune of not using the NWA Com checkin out of LAX and SFO on recent trips and finding out that I am 6 or 7 on the Platinum elite standby list because others have used the NWA com checkin prior to my checking in at the airport.
Use it whenever you can!
This is a VERY, VERY good way to make sure you are ahead of other elites.
I have had the misfortune of not using the NWA Com checkin out of LAX and SFO on recent trips and finding out that I am 6 or 7 on the Platinum elite standby list because others have used the NWA com checkin prior to my checking in at the airport.
Use it whenever you can!
Mar 29, 2002 | 6:45 am
#3
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Metro Detroit, MI
Posts: 380
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Radiocycle:
You are on the airport "CHECKED IN" priority stand by list perhaps up to 22 hours ahead of the folks who check in at the airport.
This is a VERY, VERY good way to make sure you are ahead of other elites.
I have had the misfortune of not using the NWA Com checkin out of LAX and SFO on recent trips and finding out that I am 6 or 7 on the Platinum elite standby list because others have used the NWA com checkin prior to my checking in at the airport.
Use it whenever you can!</font>
You are on the airport "CHECKED IN" priority stand by list perhaps up to 22 hours ahead of the folks who check in at the airport.
This is a VERY, VERY good way to make sure you are ahead of other elites.
I have had the misfortune of not using the NWA Com checkin out of LAX and SFO on recent trips and finding out that I am 6 or 7 on the Platinum elite standby list because others have used the NWA com checkin prior to my checking in at the airport.
Use it whenever you can!</font>
Don't tell anyone else! Just kidding...My secret has been exposed.
Mar 29, 2002 | 7:20 am
#4
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Minneapolis, Mn.
Programs: Dl mm (Gold), Marriott Patinum, UA Silver
Posts: 84
We all have our ways of trying to beat the system, but I've done this and had it work both ways: (got a last-day upgrade, and on other occasions an upgrade at the gate).
When you do a check in, and it asks you if you want to be upgraded, select yes. Then, exit without checking in. My experience has been that in 4 cases over the last few months:
2 - got upgraded the last night, got my regular "you've been upgraded" message
2 - got upgraded at the gate, either first or second on the list.
Maybe this process only seems to work for me, and really something else is going on. But I take no chances, since I always fly k class and the flights I take almost always have many, many elites (gold AND platinum) who don't make it. I do believe also that when you buy your ticket may have something to do with it.
When you do a check in, and it asks you if you want to be upgraded, select yes. Then, exit without checking in. My experience has been that in 4 cases over the last few months:
2 - got upgraded the last night, got my regular "you've been upgraded" message
2 - got upgraded at the gate, either first or second on the list.
Maybe this process only seems to work for me, and really something else is going on. But I take no chances, since I always fly k class and the flights I take almost always have many, many elites (gold AND platinum) who don't make it. I do believe also that when you buy your ticket may have something to do with it.