Best chances for an UG - what flight to EU should I choose?
Jun 21, 2012, 6:19 pm
#1
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Hey there,
Flying out for a conference in Vienna, Austria this upcoming October.
I still have 4 SWU and want to utilize them.
There are lots of options, currently, non have R class open, which is nothing to write home about
To try and maximize my UG chances, would any one here by kind enough to share his/her experience in regards to what TATL flight to choose? ORD-FRA on very early flight (2:39PM)? IAH - LHR (two options there)?
My origin is IAH. I don't mind 2 connections (one in the US and the other in EU), and my search is for departure on Tuesday returning on Sunday.
It'll be on a W fare.
Thank you,
R
Flying out for a conference in Vienna, Austria this upcoming October.
I still have 4 SWU and want to utilize them.
There are lots of options, currently, non have R class open, which is nothing to write home about
To try and maximize my UG chances, would any one here by kind enough to share his/her experience in regards to what TATL flight to choose? ORD-FRA on very early flight (2:39PM)? IAH - LHR (two options there)?
My origin is IAH. I don't mind 2 connections (one in the US and the other in EU), and my search is for departure on Tuesday returning on Sunday.
It'll be on a W fare.
Thank you,
R
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Jun 21, 2012 at 6:36 pm Reason: no bumping zone
Jun 21, 2012, 7:36 pm
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Hey there,
Flying out for a conference in Vienna, Austria this upcoming October.
I still have 4 SWU and want to utilize them.
There are lots of options, currently, non have R class open, which is nothing to write home about
To try and maximize my UG chances, would any one here by kind enough to share his/her experience in regards to what TATL flight to choose? ORD-FRA on very early flight (2:39PM)? IAH - LHR (two options there)?
My origin is IAH. I don't mind 2 connections (one in the US and the other in EU), and my search is for departure on Tuesday returning on Sunday.
It'll be on a W fare.
Thank you,
R
Flying out for a conference in Vienna, Austria this upcoming October.
I still have 4 SWU and want to utilize them.
There are lots of options, currently, non have R class open, which is nothing to write home about
To try and maximize my UG chances, would any one here by kind enough to share his/her experience in regards to what TATL flight to choose? ORD-FRA on very early flight (2:39PM)? IAH - LHR (two options there)?
My origin is IAH. I don't mind 2 connections (one in the US and the other in EU), and my search is for departure on Tuesday returning on Sunday.
It'll be on a W fare.
Thank you,
R
Jun 21, 2012, 8:58 pm
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If you're willing to connect twice going through ORD, the Tuesday DEN-FRA should be pretty easy to UG - of course, it would be a standby UG, but I've never missed an UG on that route (the return is a whole different story).
I think that the early ORD-FRA is actually harder to UG than the later one, but either one shouldn't be too bad on a Tuesday.
Personally, I would do IAH-FRA-VIE on UA and take my chances on that route. Again, you aren't flying on a typically busy day so your chances should be decent.
I think that the early ORD-FRA is actually harder to UG than the later one, but either one shouldn't be too bad on a Tuesday.
Personally, I would do IAH-FRA-VIE on UA and take my chances on that route. Again, you aren't flying on a typically busy day so your chances should be decent.
Jul 4, 2012, 1:29 pm
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Not Exactly
Jul 4, 2012, 7:33 pm
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I am flying to London in October. Outbound via EWR on a Wednesday and returning via ORD on a Monday. Both upgrades have already cleared. As a matter of fact, the EWR-LHR is still R9. If you send me a PM with specific dates I'd be happy to check R availability for you.