2014 Upsell Offers to Business/First (UFC/PCU) Questions/Discussion (Paid Upgrades)
Dec 15, 2014, 4:05 pm
#766
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: DL plat
Posts: 316
My best offer yet.
Route: ORD - EWR
original fare bucket: U fare -> A
price offered: $59
Where it was offered/accepted: T-23 OLCI
Accept it or deny it? Accept
What makes this even nicer? It was the daily 3 class 763! Economy to GF. (Not sure why I wasn't offered BF instead but certainly not complaining!)
Route: ORD - EWR
original fare bucket: U fare -> A
price offered: $59
Where it was offered/accepted: T-23 OLCI
Accept it or deny it? Accept
What makes this even nicer? It was the daily 3 class 763! Economy to GF. (Not sure why I wasn't offered BF instead but certainly not complaining!)
Dec 15, 2014, 4:08 pm
#767
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,169
My best offer yet.
Route: ORD - EWR
original fare bucket: U fare -> A
price offered: $59
Where it was offered/accepted: T-23 OLCI
Accept it or deny it? Accept
What makes this even nicer? It was the daily 3 class 763! Economy to GF. (Not sure why I wasn't offered BF instead but certainly not complaining!)
Route: ORD - EWR
original fare bucket: U fare -> A
price offered: $59
Where it was offered/accepted: T-23 OLCI
Accept it or deny it? Accept
What makes this even nicer? It was the daily 3 class 763! Economy to GF. (Not sure why I wasn't offered BF instead but certainly not complaining!)
Dec 16, 2014, 12:41 pm
#768
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: NYC
Programs: DL plat
Posts: 316
Silver (requalified) and I remember a lot of people were confirmed already to J, with some still on the waitlist (3 open seats were left at time of offer). I don't remember J to F, but I was the last F seat
Dec 16, 2014, 2:48 pm
#769
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: ua mm, aa plat, starriott LTPP, ihg plat, hh gold.
Posts: 13,017
what route: PVR to IAH
original fare bucket: award, so X, yes?
price offered: $299, then $559
Where it was offered/accepted: United Mobile app Check In
Accept it or deny it? Bwahahahahaha. no. Denied.
original fare bucket: award, so X, yes?
price offered: $299, then $559
Where it was offered/accepted: United Mobile app Check In
Accept it or deny it? Bwahahahahaha. no. Denied.
Dec 17, 2014, 5:58 pm
#770
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 12,597
route: IAD-LAX
original fare class: E
price offered: $249 (I think they "offered" over $1000 on the outbound LAX-IAD)
status: Silver (already qualified for 2015, almost enough PQD for plat)
where offered: OLCI after I did an SDC to a later flight
accept or deny: denied- already confirmed in an E+ exit row aisle, and I have stuff for sandwiches in the hotel fridge.
other possible factors: they gave me a "one of your flights may be oversold- would you be willing to take a later one for a $200 voucher" after I finished check-in. Declined that, too. I'm getting home later than I wanted already.
original fare class: E
price offered: $249 (I think they "offered" over $1000 on the outbound LAX-IAD)
status: Silver (already qualified for 2015, almost enough PQD for plat)
where offered: OLCI after I did an SDC to a later flight
accept or deny: denied- already confirmed in an E+ exit row aisle, and I have stuff for sandwiches in the hotel fridge.
other possible factors: they gave me a "one of your flights may be oversold- would you be willing to take a later one for a $200 voucher" after I finished check-in. Declined that, too. I'm getting home later than I wanted already.
Dec 17, 2014, 8:09 pm
#771
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: BOS/SIN
Programs: DL PM, OZ Diamond Plus, BA Silver
Posts: 1,803
route: LGA-IAH
fare class: L -> P
price offered: first $349 then $79
no status
offered: OLCI (about T-16 and then at T-8)
accepted the $79.
also on the same reservation at OLCI:
IAH-NRT (L) $1589 and NRT-SIN (L) $3500+
no thanks.
on an interesting note after upgrading my first sector LGA-IAH United gave me new boarding passes for IAH-NRT and NRT-SIN as well - and shifted me from group 3 to 4 (I'm in 41A/42A for these two flights - or at least I hope I still am). no idea why though but maybe it came with the upgrade
?
fare class: L -> P
price offered: first $349 then $79
no status
offered: OLCI (about T-16 and then at T-8)
accepted the $79.
also on the same reservation at OLCI:
IAH-NRT (L) $1589 and NRT-SIN (L) $3500+
no thanks.
on an interesting note after upgrading my first sector LGA-IAH United gave me new boarding passes for IAH-NRT and NRT-SIN as well - and shifted me from group 3 to 4 (I'm in 41A/42A for these two flights - or at least I hope I still am). no idea why though but maybe it came with the upgrade
?
Dec 17, 2014, 8:17 pm
#772
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SYD
Programs: UA GS, BA Gold, Marriott Titanium/LT Plat, IHG Gold, National Exec Elite, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,419
Just helped a colleague buy up to Z class SYD-SFO.
The upgrade offer was something silly like $5k, both with 1P and no status FF numbers. So we used the "change flights" options, searched with advanced options for a Z/P seat on the same plane and paid the fare difference to Z.
The upgrade offer was something silly like $5k, both with 1P and no status FF numbers. So we used the "change flights" options, searched with advanced options for a Z/P seat on the same plane and paid the fare difference to Z.
Dec 17, 2014, 8:29 pm
#773
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Northern California
Programs: I want to be free! Free!
Posts: 3,455
route: LGA-IAH
fare class: L -> P
price offered: first $349 then $79
no status
offered: OLCI (about T-16 and then at T-8)
accepted the $79.
also on the same reservation at OLCI:
IAH-NRT (L) $1589 and NRT-SIN (L) $3500+
no thanks.
on an interesting note after upgrading my first sector LGA-IAH United gave me new boarding passes for IAH-NRT and NRT-SIN as well - and shifted me from group 3 to 4 (I'm in 41A/42A for these two flights - or at least I hope I still am). no idea why though but maybe it came with the upgrade?
fare class: L -> P
price offered: first $349 then $79
no status
offered: OLCI (about T-16 and then at T-8)
accepted the $79.
also on the same reservation at OLCI:
IAH-NRT (L) $1589 and NRT-SIN (L) $3500+
no thanks.
on an interesting note after upgrading my first sector LGA-IAH United gave me new boarding passes for IAH-NRT and NRT-SIN as well - and shifted me from group 3 to 4 (I'm in 41A/42A for these two flights - or at least I hope I still am). no idea why though but maybe it came with the upgrade
?
Dec 17, 2014, 8:36 pm
#774
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,169
Dec 17, 2014, 8:38 pm
#775
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: BOS/SIN
Programs: DL PM, OZ Diamond Plus, BA Silver
Posts: 1,803
Dec 17, 2014, 9:27 pm
#776
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 486
Route:AUS-IAH-LHR
Class: M
Status: none
Offered: $129/$799, at OLCI
Declined (and regretted it)
Route:LHR-ORD-AUS
Class: M
Status: none
Offered: $169/$1299, at OLCI, ~$3k in "manage reservation"
Declined
Tried this, but my original flight didn't come up and all the results seemed to be the same price as just buying a premium ticket in the first place.
Class: M
Status: none
Offered: $129/$799, at OLCI
Declined (and regretted it)
Route:LHR-ORD-AUS
Class: M
Status: none
Offered: $169/$1299, at OLCI, ~$3k in "manage reservation"
Declined
Just helped a colleague buy up to Z class SYD-SFO.
The upgrade offer was something silly like $5k, both with 1P and no status FF numbers. So we used the "change flights" options, searched with advanced options for a Z/P seat on the same plane and paid the fare difference to Z.
The upgrade offer was something silly like $5k, both with 1P and no status FF numbers. So we used the "change flights" options, searched with advanced options for a Z/P seat on the same plane and paid the fare difference to Z.
Dec 17, 2014, 9:29 pm
#777
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,640
on an interesting note after upgrading my first sector LGA-IAH United gave me new boarding passes for IAH-NRT and NRT-SIN as well - and shifted me from group 3 to 4 (I'm in 41A/42A for these two flights - or at least I hope I still am). no idea why though but maybe it came with the upgrade ?
?
I flew a 3-segment reward itinerary. BOS-EWR-IAH-LAX, all in coach.
At OLCI, I printed my boarding passes. No upgrade offer. All three BPs were for Zone 3. At the kiosk, I was offered an upgrade on the shortest flight of the three for $99 (BOS-EWR). I took it (EWR-IAH was some exorbitant amount since it was a hub-hub flight, and IAH-LAX was not too bad, but I decided not to bite even though it was on the 787-9). After taking the upgrade, all three boarding passes showed *** PREMIER ACCESS *** but the EWR-IAH and IAH-LAX legs now had me in boarding group 4
When I had the agent at the UC reprint my BPs to see if it would fix the boarding group issue, none of them showed *** PREMIER ACCESS *** anymore, and the website didn't try to sell it to me, so I knew I was supposed to have it (should have been bundled with the first leg in F).
I encountered some pushback from the GA at EWR, but he gave up and let me on with group 2 so that I wasn't holding up the line. I would have pulled out the group 3 BP printed at OLCI if he wouldn't let me on (A319 with slimlines, uhhg)
At IAH, the GA didn't bat an eye at the boarding group number, and I was allowed to board with group 2.
UA Insider PMed me about it, and I tweeted United about it as soon as I boarded at EWR, but no one was able to fix anything while I was on the EWR-IAH flight, and it was too late by the time I got to IAH since it was a somewhat tight connection. It wasn't a huge problem for me since I was ultimately allowed to board with the correct boarding group (2), but had I not been able to board with Group 2, I probably would have complained.
Last edited by diburning; Dec 17, 2014 at 9:34 pm
Dec 18, 2014, 3:09 pm
#778
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: HK
Programs: Cathay Silver, Marriott Ambassador, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 664
EWR-MXP
Y to J
Online check in offer: $3250
Airport kiosk offer: $749
Accepted, but not without hesistation. I was #8 on an upgrade list of 13 with only 4 available seats, so there is no way my mileage upgrade would clear.
Y to J
Online check in offer: $3250
Airport kiosk offer: $749
Accepted, but not without hesistation. I was #8 on an upgrade list of 13 with only 4 available seats, so there is no way my mileage upgrade would clear.
Dec 18, 2014, 3:50 pm
#779
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,169
And since you will get your miles back, and this isn't much more than the co-pay, not an awful deal
Dec 18, 2014, 4:11 pm
#780
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: ORD-LAS
Programs: UA MM 1K, Hyatt Globalist, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 4,419
After booking ORD-LAX, upgrade to BF from an M fare for, yup 0 dollars. The P fare was less and UA was so kind to not upsell me, they actually refunded a $1.00 in way of ETC.
Finally tossed me a bone.
Finally tossed me a bone.