Are Discretionary Complimentary (Operational) Upgrade Common on UA?
Nov 14, 2013, 11:43 am
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Are Discretionary Complimentary (Operational) Upgrade Common on UA?
Can someone confirm the load availability for flight UA862 from HKG to SFO on 1/5/14? I see only Y fare tickets available on UA's website. What are the chances of upgrade to BF with Y class with and without using a GPU as a 1K? If economy is sold out, I would get a CPU without having to burn a GPU?
Last edited by FlyinHawaiian; Nov 14, 2013 at 7:14 pm Reason: vague thread title
Nov 14, 2013, 11:49 am
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you could buy Y and upgrade with limited amount of miles and no copay thereby saving a GPU. if economy is sold out they might op-up some pax if BF is not also sold out. they'd run through the instrument upgrade requests before doing op-ups.
if you are searching on a one way, there is a very good reason you are getting Y fares only returned. check the buckets with expert mode to confirm if Y is actually the only bucket available. my guess is you'll see availability in other classes.
if you are searching on a one way, there is a very good reason you are getting Y fares only returned. check the buckets with expert mode to confirm if Y is actually the only bucket available. my guess is you'll see availability in other classes.
Nov 14, 2013, 11:57 am
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Nov 14, 2013, 11:58 am
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That is called an Operational Upgrade (Op-UP). Your use of CPU in the first post is causing the confusion.
Nov 14, 2013, 12:00 pm
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you could buy Y and upgrade with limited amount of miles and no copay thereby saving a GPU. if economy is sold out they might op-up some pax if BF is not also sold out. they'd run through the instrument upgrade requests before doing op-ups.
if you are searching on a one way, there is a very good reason you are getting Y fares only returned. check the buckets with expert mode to confirm if Y is actually the only bucket available. my guess is you'll see availability in other classes.
if you are searching on a one way, there is a very good reason you are getting Y fares only returned. check the buckets with expert mode to confirm if Y is actually the only bucket available. my guess is you'll see availability in other classes.
Nov 14, 2013, 12:23 pm
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Nov 14, 2013, 1:12 pm
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She'll give you the location in your profile to update.
(click on ask Alex. click at the bottom to turn sound off
enter Expert Mode in the Ask me a Question box and she'll tell you where to update your profile)
Last edited by xzh445; Nov 14, 2013 at 1:22 pm