Jul 20, 2013, 6:22 pm
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UA Upsell Offers to Business/First at Purchase and Day of Departure (TOD) [Archive]
Jul 15, 2014, 5:07 pm
#1321
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Been getting a lot of these lately on IAH-LGA and vv. anywhere from $59-$79 from booking all the way through check in.
Jul 15, 2014, 5:08 pm
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I probably would have bought that too. That's a pretty cheap buy up for a 1400 mile flight, not to mention the Y slimline seats are miserable. I wonder what offer I'll see when I fly that route next month.
Jul 15, 2014, 11:34 pm
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NRT-ORD
Sitting in the UA Club in NRT with 2 hours to boarding - was just offered $1339 to upgrade from C to F. That seems a little steep for just a slightly bigger seat (maybe I would have done $800 back 7 hours ago to get the slightly better lounge access in NRT).
Jul 15, 2014, 11:36 pm
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Jul 16, 2014, 12:22 am
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Jul 16, 2014, 12:31 am
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Jul 17, 2014, 8:18 am
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Jul 17, 2014, 8:07 pm
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Jul 21, 2014, 9:39 am
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Don't have full details but GF called saying they are offering her ~$500 upgrade from Y to F.
LHR-EWR. Pretty sure she used miles to book. Seems too good to be true?
LHR-EWR. Pretty sure she used miles to book. Seems too good to be true?
Jul 21, 2014, 9:51 am
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fwiw, i'm being offered a "TOD" of sorts from DL right now...a $100 discount over the lowest available F fare, given the delta between my Y fare purchased + "TOD" being offered.
Jul 21, 2014, 10:44 am
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Jul 21, 2014, 12:23 pm
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DEN-BWI
S-fare
T-25 offered $484 to UG
At OLCI, offer was $159.
Declined and sitting at #6 at T-22
UPDATE: Website now offering me the same UG as the mobile app but the price is $508 vs. $159
S-fare
T-25 offered $484 to UG
At OLCI, offer was $159.
Declined and sitting at #6 at T-22
UPDATE: Website now offering me the same UG as the mobile app but the price is $508 vs. $159
Last edited by limey1K; Jul 21, 2014 at 12:41 pm Reason: Update
Jul 21, 2014, 1:18 pm
#1333
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ORD -> MLI
$109 at OLCI
declined because paying ~$1/mile seemed silly.
Cleared at the gate.
Everyone else must have thought same as the entire FC cabin was CPUs.
$109 at OLCI
declined because paying ~$1/mile seemed silly.
Cleared at the gate.
Everyone else must have thought same as the entire FC cabin was CPUs.
Jul 24, 2014, 9:21 am
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PBI to EWR
$279 at OLCI
Absolutely not
#2 on upgrade list. Grabbed a bulkhead E+ seat 3 hours before the flight.
$279 at OLCI
Absolutely not
#2 on upgrade list. Grabbed a bulkhead E+ seat 3 hours before the flight.
Aug 7, 2014, 9:48 am
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$149 SFO-SEA on L fare, Silver
$179 SFO-SEA on L fare, 1K
(Same PNR, same ticket price, PRUs from 1K account pending for both travelers).
Multiple gripes:
1) Only 1 remaining seat in F, 2 of us on the PNR (so it would have split), but offered to both of us
2) This is a flight I have had pending RPUs on for 4 weeks. At the time of booking, no sold F inventory, and none ever clearly made available (though 4 of the seats at check in now show as upgrades). PRUs "spent" by virtue of the other leg of the flight. I know this is well worn territory on FT, but being asked to buy an upgrade that you have already "paid for" (the spent RPU) chafes me.
3) we have been 1 and 2 on the UG list since check-in started, a couple of people from below us are now confirmed (so buy-ups trump RPUs).
$179 SFO-SEA on L fare, 1K
(Same PNR, same ticket price, PRUs from 1K account pending for both travelers).
Multiple gripes:
1) Only 1 remaining seat in F, 2 of us on the PNR (so it would have split), but offered to both of us
2) This is a flight I have had pending RPUs on for 4 weeks. At the time of booking, no sold F inventory, and none ever clearly made available (though 4 of the seats at check in now show as upgrades). PRUs "spent" by virtue of the other leg of the flight. I know this is well worn territory on FT, but being asked to buy an upgrade that you have already "paid for" (the spent RPU) chafes me.
3) we have been 1 and 2 on the UG list since check-in started, a couple of people from below us are now confirmed (so buy-ups trump RPUs).