Jul 20, 2013, 6:22 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
This is an archived thread, the active thread is UA Upsell Offers to Business/First/PP at Purchase and Day of Departure (TOD)
UA Upsell Offers to Business/First at Purchase and Day of Departure (TOD) [Archive]
May 19, 2017, 9:35 am
#2641
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SFO-HNL
SFO-HNL K fare
RPU applied on purchase 2 months out did not clear!
#2 on upgrade list with 2 seats available. One at this special price.
<2 hours preflight
Offer to purchase upgrade----> $99.00
I bought it or someone else would have. RPUs have not cleared at all for me this year. I still have 10 in my account with one more returned from this flight.
RPU applied on purchase 2 months out did not clear!
#2 on upgrade list with 2 seats available. One at this special price.
<2 hours preflight
Offer to purchase upgrade----> $99.00
I bought it or someone else would have. RPUs have not cleared at all for me this year. I still have 10 in my account with one more returned from this flight.
May 19, 2017, 10:06 am
#2642
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Called them, they checked and said that they could do it but with a $75 change fee tacked on, told them that I never got to the checkout screen, got transferred to a web support/higher up, they were able to process that $55 upgrade with no change fee.
Bonus part since it was a paid upgrade, the new ticket rebooked as a P fare so double PQM from that flight. Nothing too big, but can go a long way.
Bonus part since it was a paid upgrade, the new ticket rebooked as a P fare so double PQM from that flight. Nothing too big, but can go a long way.
May 19, 2017, 5:18 pm
#2643
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 622
SFO-HNL K fare
RPU applied on purchase 2 months out did not clear!
#2 on upgrade list with 2 seats available. One at this special price.
<2 hours preflight
Offer to purchase upgrade----> $99.00
I bought it or someone else would have. RPUs have not cleared at all for me this year. I still have 10 in my account with one more returned from this flight.
RPU applied on purchase 2 months out did not clear!
#2 on upgrade list with 2 seats available. One at this special price.
<2 hours preflight
Offer to purchase upgrade----> $99.00
I bought it or someone else would have. RPUs have not cleared at all for me this year. I still have 10 in my account with one more returned from this flight.
May 19, 2017, 10:53 pm
#2644
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May 20, 2017, 3:11 pm
#2645
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: WAS
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 214
EWR-BRU B764 J9R6 about a week out to departure.
$829 offered on a K fare at checkin - did not accept.
Price remained at $829 until T-1, with 9 seats open until boarding. J cabin filled up with standbys/upgrades instead.
$829 offered on a K fare at checkin - did not accept.
Price remained at $829 until T-1, with 9 seats open until boarding. J cabin filled up with standbys/upgrades instead.
May 21, 2017, 9:05 am
#2646
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SFO-MSP, L fare, fare difference at booking $199 (F9 PN9 R0): offered $199 at booking
MSP-SFO, L fare, fare difference at booking $199 (F9 P9 PN0): offered $199 at booking
Declined both. A bit edgy to roll the dice for upgrades (return is an RPU), but figure I might try to extract some value from this whole "Premier 1K" thing. Estimate my odds are pretty good though.
MSP-SFO, L fare, fare difference at booking $199 (F9 P9 PN0): offered $199 at booking
Declined both. A bit edgy to roll the dice for upgrades (return is an RPU), but figure I might try to extract some value from this whole "Premier 1K" thing. Estimate my odds are pretty good though.
May 21, 2017, 4:14 pm
#2647
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May 21, 2017, 5:13 pm
#2648
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Just out of curiosity, how do you know that some of those who filled the open J seats didn't accept the $829 offer?? That price seems to be a common one offered on TATLs recently, and the economics of it actually look pretty good if you were waitlisted with a mileage award upgrade of $550 copay plus 20,000 miles which now often doesn't clear. That is, anyone willing to pay $550 plus 20K miles probably should be willing to pay $829 and no miles, and jump the entire waitlist, including 1Ks on GPUs, instantly.
May 21, 2017, 6:05 pm
#2649
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May 21, 2017, 6:29 pm
#2650
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: EWR/LHR/SFO
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May 21, 2017, 6:48 pm
#2651
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Just out of curiosity, how do you know that some of those who filled the open J seats didn't accept the $829 offer?? That price seems to be a common one offered on TATLs recently, and the economics of it actually look pretty good if you were waitlisted with a mileage award upgrade of $550 copay plus 20,000 miles which now often doesn't clear. That is, anyone willing to pay $550 plus 20K miles probably should be willing to pay $829 and no miles, and jump the entire waitlist, including 1Ks on GPUs, instantly.
May 21, 2017, 10:48 pm
#2653
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 35
which is the way it should be because in that situation the traveler chose not to buy F in the first place. these TOD / buy up offers all need to be made more reasonable to market prices, or they should clear the wait list at least for GPU/RPU/MUA before auctioning off seats.
May 21, 2017, 10:50 pm
#2654
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 35
SFO-HNL K fare
RPU applied on purchase 2 months out did not clear!
#2 on upgrade list with 2 seats available. One at this special price.
<2 hours preflight
Offer to purchase upgrade----> $99.00
I bought it or someone else would have. RPUs have not cleared at all for me this year. I still have 10 in my account with one more returned from this flight.
RPU applied on purchase 2 months out did not clear!
#2 on upgrade list with 2 seats available. One at this special price.
<2 hours preflight
Offer to purchase upgrade----> $99.00
I bought it or someone else would have. RPUs have not cleared at all for me this year. I still have 10 in my account with one more returned from this flight.
May 22, 2017, 12:12 am
#2655
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That's not how UA does it. The brave new world is, if you're offered a cheap buy-up with an instrument waitlisted, you pay the fee or die on the waitlist.