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Old Sep 6, 2012, 2:55 pm
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Will UA force an upgrade to first to satisfy upgrade to business requests?
I'm flying FRA-SFO in a few days and current fares available are:

F1, FN1, J5, JN5, C5, Y0, YN0

Pretty brutal. I'm in M class and have a GPU request in already. I know this is going to be a tough upgrade to get

I'm curious though, assuming there are enough upgrade requests for business and room in F, would UA push a C or J paying Elite into First to make room for a GPU request to clear?
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Old Sep 6, 2012, 2:58 pm
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Originally Posted by eagle007
I'm flying FRA-SFO in a few days and current fares available are:

F1, FN1, J5, JN5, C5, Y0, YN0

Pretty brutal. I'm in M class and have a GPU request in already. I know this is going to be a tough upgrade to get

I'm curious though, assuming there are enough upgrade requests for business and room in F, would UA push a C or J paying Elite into First to make room for a GPU request to clear?
They would only do this if the flight is oversold and they need the overall capacity. If it's not..they would give the F seat to a non-rev or let it go out empty if there were no non-revs standing by.

With it being Y0 though it's very likely oversold and will go out completely full.
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Old Sep 6, 2012, 3:10 pm
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Originally Posted by SEA1K4EVR
If it's not..they would give the F seat to a non-rev or let it go out empty if there were no non-revs standing by.
Non-rev from C to F being a mileage request or a CPU?
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Old Sep 6, 2012, 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by eagle007
Non-rev from C to F being a mileage request or a CPU?
A non-rev is an employee or other non-paying standby passenger.
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