Last minute upgrade sucks :)
Apr 25, 2009, 1:26 pm
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Last minute upgrade sucks :)
So I'm om NW360 leaving soon to MSP. 20 minutes from boarding, I checked the upgrade list on nwa.com and it said I'm 1 out of 7 but first class is full. So I went to get some quick food since I thought I'd be starving in coach. By the time I got back to the gate, there was a boarding pass with 1D waiting for me. My nwa.com reservation still says I'm in Y even with a 1D seat. Weird. But I'm more annoyed that can't eat from the new 1st class lunch menu since I'm full. 
Apr 25, 2009, 2:03 pm
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So I'm om NW360 leaving soon to MSP. 20 minutes from boarding, I checked the upgrade list on nwa.com and it said I'm 1 out of 7 but first class is full. So I went to get some quick food since I thought I'd be starving in coach. By the time I got back to the gate, there was a boarding pass with 1D waiting for me. My nwa.com reservation still says I'm in Y even with a 1D seat. Weird. But I'm more annoyed that can't eat from the new 1st class lunch menu since I'm full.
Apr 25, 2009, 2:14 pm
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So I'm om NW360 leaving soon to MSP. 20 minutes from boarding, I checked the upgrade list on nwa.com and it said I'm 1 out of 7 but first class is full. So I went to get some quick food since I thought I'd be starving in coach. By the time I got back to the gate, there was a boarding pass with 1D waiting for me. My nwa.com reservation still says I'm in Y even with a 1D seat. Weird. But I'm more annoyed that can't eat from the new 1st class lunch menu since I'm full.
Don't we all prefer EUA, but better a battlefield UG than no UG at all!
Apr 25, 2009, 5:39 pm
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So I'm om NW360 leaving soon to MSP. 20 minutes from boarding, I checked the upgrade list on nwa.com and it said I'm 1 out of 7 but first class is full. So I went to get some quick food since I thought I'd be starving in coach. By the time I got back to the gate, there was a boarding pass with 1D waiting for me. My nwa.com reservation still says I'm in Y even with a 1D seat. Weird. But I'm more annoyed that can't eat from the new 1st class lunch menu since I'm full.
Apr 26, 2009, 9:00 am
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I'm trying to feel sorry for you. Trying...but it isn't working. 
Apr 26, 2009, 9:49 am
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Apr 26, 2009, 9:57 am
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You're always free to decline the upgrade. ;-)
I very often cancel flights only minutes before departure. If I had been upgraded, this would then have opened up a First class seat. Some passenger on your flight may have done this.
I very often cancel flights only minutes before departure. If I had been upgraded, this would then have opened up a First class seat. Some passenger on your flight may have done this.
