Via the Delta Blog, you can now view the upgrade priority list and standby list at delta.com within 24 hours of your flight. Continental has been doing this for a while now, although no other carrier has followed. I love this type of transparency, and it’s nice to see a carrier as big as Delta implement this feature.
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Based on this FlyerTalk thread it seems you can earn 100 OnePass miles just for viewing this page and entering your OnePass number. I’m not sure whether or not this is only for Continental Chase cardholders, but it’s worth a try. Facebook…
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Northwest (via nwa.com) has been doing this for a long time as well.
I didn’t realize that, Scott. I guess that’s the benefit of upgrades always clearing more than five days out. 😀