What's the longest first class upgrade standby list / waitlist that you've ever seen?
Oct 16, 2017, 9:25 pm
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Well I could be wrong but I think you can also show on the list if you booked in an eligible fare class... Maybe those people had booked in eligible fare classes for CPU?
Oct 16, 2017, 9:32 pm
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Oct 16, 2017, 9:48 pm
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Yes - that doesn't sound all that unusual for a plane that size.
Oct 17, 2017, 12:39 am
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No Polaris marketed flights are eligible for CPU. It's slightly more complicated than that, but that's a good starting metric.
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Oct 17, 2017, 12:39 am
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There are no CPUs on any* transoceanic flights. As you suggest, on CPU-eligible routes, like US domestic flights, you can see very long upgrade lists due to a large number of elites. On non-CPU routes, anybody you see on the list is either a non-rev, a displaced business class passenger, is seated on a coach award with a business class award waitlisted, or has a pending upgrade.
* except for the Oceania routes.
* except for the Oceania routes.
Oct 17, 2017, 1:11 am
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Oct 17, 2017, 1:57 am
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No Polaris marketed flights are eligible for CPU. It's slightly more complicated than that, but that's a good starting metric.
There are no CPUs on any* transoceanic flights. As you suggest, on CPU-eligible routes, like US domestic flights, you can see very long upgrade lists due to a large number of elites. On non-CPU routes, anybody you see on the list is either a non-rev, a displaced business class passenger, is seated on a coach award with a business class award waitlisted, or has a pending upgrade.
* except for the Oceania routes.
* except for the Oceania routes.
Oct 17, 2017, 3:37 am
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Oct 17, 2017, 7:27 am
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you were number 96 and you are/were a plat? LOL
Oct 17, 2017, 8:57 am
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It's unusual. Right now is a heavy travel period to HKG. Most of the year it is less than 10 or 15 pax. Remember, all these pax need an instrument to list.
Oct 17, 2017, 10:05 am
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OK, I have a dark horse contender for "most surprisingly long upgrade list".
Thursday 7/27/17: BWI-IAH on an A319. 49 people on the upgrade list, zero cleared, and I was #14 as a 1K (granted, on a T fare).
Now, this isn't impressive by ORD-SFO 777 standards...
...but this is an A319, so 49/120 in economy were on the upgrade list. And, unlike most of the flights mentioned in this thread, this isn't a hub-hub route. BWI isn't even a particularly high-revenue destination (although I assume this flight had a lot of Beltway Bandits types on it).
Thursday 7/27/17: BWI-IAH on an A319. 49 people on the upgrade list, zero cleared, and I was #14 as a 1K (granted, on a T fare).
Now, this isn't impressive by ORD-SFO 777 standards...
...but this is an A319, so 49/120 in economy were on the upgrade list. And, unlike most of the flights mentioned in this thread, this isn't a hub-hub route. BWI isn't even a particularly high-revenue destination (although I assume this flight had a lot of Beltway Bandits types on it).
Oct 20, 2017, 7:34 pm
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