Jul 20, 2013, 6:22 pm
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UA Upsell Offers to Business/First at Purchase and Day of Departure (TOD) [Archive]
Mar 20, 2012, 1:31 pm
#46
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W fare LAX-MEL
Waitlisted GPU pre merger Y->C
Offered to upgrade for 2,760 AUD today
Waitlisted GPU pre merger Y->C
Offered to upgrade for 2,760 AUD today
Mar 20, 2012, 6:33 pm
#47
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SFO-JFK on S fare. Offered buy-up to C for $603. Declined. Wait-listed with RPU. Did not clear.
Mar 20, 2012, 6:44 pm
#48
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$1550 C to F IAD-BRU
$1550 thru OLCI
21 March 2012 IAD-BRU
C - to - F, A/C sub from new to old config PMUA 777, so no fully-flat C.
I still said no.
21 March 2012 IAD-BRU
C - to - F, A/C sub from new to old config PMUA 777, so no fully-flat C.
I still said no.
Mar 20, 2012, 7:02 pm
#49
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: IAD/DCA
Programs: AA PP, Hilton/MR Gold
Posts: 743
3/21
SEA-IAD
757
Platinum (friend)
V-Fare
~$500 each way for several months leading up to flights
~$300 after outbound IAD-SEA was completed
$129 at OLCI. Accepted by my friend (though I estimated a 50-60% chance of clearing for free).
Seems a silver flying SEA-IAD on a v-fare was offered the same earlier in the thread.
SEA-IAD
757
Platinum (friend)
V-Fare
~$500 each way for several months leading up to flights
~$300 after outbound IAD-SEA was completed
$129 at OLCI. Accepted by my friend (though I estimated a 50-60% chance of clearing for free).
Seems a silver flying SEA-IAD on a v-fare was offered the same earlier in the thread.
Mar 20, 2012, 7:21 pm
#50
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Location: San Antonio, USA
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Does $0 count as TOD? Flying 3/26 SAT-IAH-MSY and just outside 1k upgrade window. Of course when I click on it there are no upgrades available. Guess that why it showed $0.
Will post update as things progress.
Will post update as things progress.
Mar 21, 2012, 7:06 am
#51
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: North Wales, PA
Posts: 253
IAH-PHL today. 1 F seat remaining, offering $209 for the upgrade. Passed.
Mar 22, 2012, 4:53 am
#52
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MEL-JFK Fare in L Class bouthg United AU website Feb 9
Phone UA USA got x2 Mileage Upgrade awards waitlisted for MEl-LAX and SFO-SYD-MEL Upgrgraded SFO-JFK vv with x2 Regionals - confirmed
Checked seating on United.com Travel Options - offered Upgrade Yto F from MEL-LAX for US$1220 took it paid card charged
Phone United US recredited 30K miles oneway
Online checking for return flight post merger - 24 hours before SFO-SYD flight -offered upgrade online from L to F for US$5731 - declined - no upgrade to C offered
2 hours later rechecked in to check seating - upgrade to F gone - offer of US$1720 upgrade from L to C paid and chose a seat in C
Onboard plane SFO-SYD- (flew from JFK so got printed boarding passes all the way through to MEL in NYC -) guy comes up and tell me I'm sitiitng in his aisle seat - calls over Maitre d'Cabine - Maitre d'Cabine says they were trying to fing me to give me my new boarding pass - 4x instead of 6x - so got my upgrade to F without paying for it Good on United - I'd just like the miles from this SFO-SYD flight credited!
Phone UA USA got x2 Mileage Upgrade awards waitlisted for MEl-LAX and SFO-SYD-MEL Upgrgraded SFO-JFK vv with x2 Regionals - confirmed
Checked seating on United.com Travel Options - offered Upgrade Yto F from MEL-LAX for US$1220 took it paid card charged
Phone United US recredited 30K miles oneway
Online checking for return flight post merger - 24 hours before SFO-SYD flight -offered upgrade online from L to F for US$5731 - declined - no upgrade to C offered
2 hours later rechecked in to check seating - upgrade to F gone - offer of US$1720 upgrade from L to C paid and chose a seat in C
Onboard plane SFO-SYD- (flew from JFK so got printed boarding passes all the way through to MEL in NYC -) guy comes up and tell me I'm sitiitng in his aisle seat - calls over Maitre d'Cabine - Maitre d'Cabine says they were trying to fing me to give me my new boarding pass - 4x instead of 6x - so got my upgrade to F without paying for it Good on United - I'd just like the miles from this SFO-SYD flight credited!
Mar 22, 2012, 6:18 am
#53
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Yes that was the offer -L->F, US$1220 premerger MEL-LAX , and L-C US$1760 post merger for SFO-SYD
Just got offered to buy up from Y (V class) to C on ps flight JFK-SFOin June for AUD550 - beats the $1641 price for a one-way C ticket - so took up the offer, since it seems there will not be many Mileage Upgrade Awards available on ps - not on any dates that i can see
Just got offered to buy up from Y (V class) to C on ps flight JFK-SFOin June for AUD550 - beats the $1641 price for a one-way C ticket - so took up the offer, since it seems there will not be many Mileage Upgrade Awards available on ps - not on any dates that i can see
Mar 22, 2012, 7:41 am
#54
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Location: ny,ny usa
Posts: 241
just checked in at T-24 for my ewr-mia flight tomorrow morning. i'm booked on a V fare outbound and paid $295 round trip. prior to today the upgrade cost for this leg was always shown as $370. at check in I was offered a buy up to FC for $129. since i have an exit row seat i didn't take it. i realize that the airline wants to maximize revenue but after 10+ yrs as a plat i personally have little reason to try and re-qualify this year
Mar 22, 2012, 8:39 am
#55
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UA 990 Today at 6:12PM (9 hours out) from ORD to IAD.
4 Fclass remaining, R0/RN0, checked in at T24, offered buy up at $289 (still available).
4 Fclass remaining, R0/RN0, checked in at T24, offered buy up at $289 (still available).
Mar 22, 2012, 6:45 pm
#56
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3/23
UA 3444 HPN-ORD
T-fare
offered $99 buy up at check-in (as usual)
at about T-23h was #3 on u/g list, with 3 seats left
$99 buy-up still offered at T-20h. Buy-up before OLCI was over $600 (after CPU on 2nd segment). Difference to B-fare (no M fare on my routing) is about $800.
Update: IIRC it looked bad (I was 3rd or so on the W/L with 1 F seat left, or something like that). However, I got the CPU at the gate, as did two other pax. The flight was delayed (ORD weather); perhaps this helped.
UA 3444 HPN-ORD
T-fare
offered $99 buy up at check-in (as usual)
at about T-23h was #3 on u/g list, with 3 seats left
$99 buy-up still offered at T-20h. Buy-up before OLCI was over $600 (after CPU on 2nd segment). Difference to B-fare (no M fare on my routing) is about $800.
Update: IIRC it looked bad (I was 3rd or so on the W/L with 1 F seat left, or something like that). However, I got the CPU at the gate, as did two other pax. The flight was delayed (ORD weather); perhaps this helped.
Last edited by ralfp; Mar 25, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Mar 23, 2012, 3:36 am
#57
Join Date: Apr 2010
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Posts: 691
OLCI for my flight tomorrow
LHR-EWR
Fare: K
Price paid was about $800 (round trip)
Upgrade Offer: $1109
Declined
Seat map shows 3 open, but the rest of the flight is so full i would be surprised to see them looking for volunteers tomorrow!
LHR-EWR
Fare: K
Price paid was about $800 (round trip)
Upgrade Offer: $1109
Declined
Seat map shows 3 open, but the rest of the flight is so full i would be surprised to see them looking for volunteers tomorrow!
Mar 23, 2012, 2:04 pm
#58
Join Date: May 2010
Location: MCI
Programs: UA Plat
Posts: 20
03/22
MSP-ORD
Fare: H
Upgrade Offer: $59
MSP-ORD
Fare: H
Upgrade Offer: $59
Mar 24, 2012, 11:02 am
#59
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Mar 24, 2012, 11:48 am
#60
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