Why would someone be listed on both standby & upgrade list(s)?
Mar 25, 2012, 9:32 am
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Why would someone be listed on both standby & upgrade list(s)?
I'm flying UA 900 today, and see that 5 people (all same last name) are on both the F and C upgrade waitlists (using m.united.com). How does this happen?
edit: AND they are on the flight standby list too.
??
edit: AND they are on the flight standby list too.
??
Mar 25, 2012, 2:04 pm
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Mar 25, 2012, 4:28 pm
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Not necessarily! I asked a similar question last week when I saw that I was on both the biz as well as first upgrade list (on a domestic 3 class bird). I was upgraded to biz at time of ticketing, but the mobile site still shows my name on the list (as confirmed). I was surprised to see my name on the F list as well.
Mar 25, 2012, 4:45 pm
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It could be nonrevs. It could be pax with F or C tickets not yet on the flight. I've even heard some GAs say that for many 3-class flights Y--->C pax show on C list and F list. And they have to manually delete the pax from the F list.
Mar 25, 2012, 4:53 pm
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On my last 3 domestic 777s the past few weeks I have noticed same thing, I would say good 10-15 people each time. Some sort of glitch i think because on all the 3 cabins since 3/3 after I clear into C I get wait listed for F....3 out of 5 times got it^
Mar 26, 2012, 12:55 am
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Yeah it seems weird if its only nonrevs. I'm checking some sfo-jfk flights tomorrow and there are names on both lists. Weird part is that on one flight I see 2 pax who have cleared the UG to business and are listed on the F list.
Mar 26, 2012, 2:49 am
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I saw this last week. When the person was cleared into F, she was definitely a non-rev -- she has a UA Crew tag on her bag, and the FAs greeted chatted with her the entire flight.
Mar 26, 2012, 6:59 am
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On a 3 class aircraft it seems you can only clear one cabin Y-J // J-F. If you clear fron Y-J then you would be skipped moving to F. For the time being this is done manually by the Ua agent working the gates.
Mar 7, 2013, 9:14 pm
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upgrade curiosity...
How can the same person be confirmed from the waiting list into C, but at the same time beon the waiting list for an upgrade to F? This is a packed flight up front, so it's definitely not a non-rev, or at least not by any rules I can think of?
Mar 7, 2013, 9:47 pm
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Until that name shows up on the cleared list while you're still sitting in the back - which is how 'the system works' for far too many PMUA agents, many of whom still don't know that customers can view this information on their smartphones if it's not showing on the gate displays.