MilesBuzz! - United systemwide upgrades

Hi - I have just joined this site :p
I am having trouble using my systemwides for flights to LHR in Aug & Oct. I have never had problems in previous years........are others having the same problem?

Glad you decided to post after all these years ... :)

Please see:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-mileage-plus/819438-upgrades-becoming-harder-merged-threads.html

UA flyers have also noticed that the inventory of upgradeable seats has been very hard to find lately.

Thanx ;)
I never had problems until last October - tho no problems with the Australia flights when I booked in Oct ^

Mods, maybe there would be more responses in the UA forum?

I agree with Nobleoz...recently UA has become really stingy on doing upgrades even when there are lots of seats available. I'm on the waitlist of a BKK-NRT flight later this week. There looks to be about 40+ BC seats available. On the flight from NRT-BKK, they didn't upgrade me until the day before the flight when there were over 50% of the BC seats open. Being a 1K for the past 5 or so years, I'm getting frustrated about not getting upgraded more in advance. That's one of the main reasons I stay loyal to United. I appreciate the upgrades that UA give me, but I still feel UA needs to take better care of the customers who give them a lot of business. Just my opinion.

I agree with Nobleoz...recently UA has become really stingy on doing upgrades even when there are lots of seats available. I'm on the waitlist of a BKK-NRT flight later this week. There looks to be about 40+ BC seats available. On the flight from NRT-BKK, they didn't upgrade me until the day before the flight when there were over 50% of the BC seats open. Being a 1K for the past 5 or so years, I'm getting frustrated about not getting upgraded more in advance. That's one of the main reasons I stay loyal to United. I appreciate the upgrades that UA give me, but I still feel UA needs to take better care of the customers who give them a lot of business. Just my opinion.

In my experience, NRT-BKK always clears on my way to NRT from USA.
No advanced confirmation for my 4 flights last year.

Leaving for NRT on 881 on the 14th. Full fare C class with a SWU to F in. I'm a new GS (and new to the forum) and have not been cleared yet with 9 seats available.

Please continue the discussion in the United thread linked above (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-mileage-plus/819438-upgrades-becoming-harder-merged-threads.html).

Regards,
Gary
aka gleff
MilesBuzz moderator