upgrade on CX with OW Sapphire level?
Jul 16, 2000, 5:20 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2000
Posts: 25
upgrade on CX with OW Sapphire level?
Can somebody tell me if I've got any chance to be upgraded from coach to business with a BA Silver EC card (OW sapphire) ? Experienced upgrade at check-in with BA but seems that CX is pretty much reluctant about such upgrades, at least from Europe...other experiences to share ?
Thanx a lot!
gemini
Thanx a lot!
gemini
Jul 18, 2000, 12:20 am
#2
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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Programs: OWEmerald; STARGold; BonvoyPlat; IHGPlat/Amb; HiltonGold; A|ClubPat; AirMilesPlat
Posts: 38,186
I've been upgraded for operational reasons (overbooking in Y cabin) on a couple of occasions when holding Sapphire on Cdn (before it left oneworld). This leads me to believe they do use a priority based on your oneworld status, should their own elites not be in the back cabin. (It was offered to me at check-in.) If the back cabin is not overbooked, you are quite unlikely to be upgraded, but I've always found the seat next to me has been left empty.
Jul 18, 2000, 8:17 am
#4
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NY, NY USA
Posts: 93
I was upgraded last week in HKG from Y to business class. As a matter of fact, they didn't even say anything to me, but when I received my boarding card, I noticed by the seat number that they had bounced me up. By the way, that was using a BA Gold card.