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Old Dec 24, 12, 1:03 pm   #1
 
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Not on upgrade list at all

I'm a bit confused.

Flew from PIT to TPA via Dulles. Neither my wife or I were on the upgrade list coming or going (I'm gold, she's platinum). I am usually at least on the bottom of the list on the screen at the airport lol

I didn't see our name at all on the United app or online either. Mentioned this on Twitter just in passing and United called me to explain that they have changed they way they do things and unless there is a 100% chance I'm getting upgraded I won't even be on the list at the airport ( on the screen)

So those 30 people that were on the list at Dulles going to TPA all had a 100% chance of being upgraded? I'm really confused.

Can anyone explain maybe what the United rep that called me was trying to say??

Paul
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Old Dec 24, 12, 1:48 pm   #2
 
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Twitter insanely wrong. Write back witht the ua cpu link. Seriously that response is horrid.
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Old Dec 24, 12, 2:17 pm   #3
 
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Twitter insanely wrong. Write back witht the ua cpu link. Seriously that response is horrid.
Agree, you should have been on the upgrade list.
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Old Dec 24, 12, 2:18 pm   #4
 
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Paid ticket or award?
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Old Dec 24, 12, 2:20 pm   #5
 
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How did UA manage to link your twitter account with your phone number?

That would disturb me much more than not being on the UG list!
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Old Dec 24, 12, 2:25 pm   #6
 
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How did UA manage to link your twitter account with your phone number?

That would disturb me much more than not being on the UG list!
The OP probably sent his PNR details through a DM via Twitter.
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Old Dec 24, 12, 3:14 pm   #7
 
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Paid ticket or award?
Paid G fare I think that was the fare or T

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The OP probably sent his PNR details through a DM via Twitter.
Yes, DMed @united my MP#. They called me on the number I have on my profile
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Old Dec 24, 12, 3:27 pm   #8
 
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Can you check the upgrade list online with your PNR?
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Old Dec 24, 12, 3:38 pm   #9
 
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I didn't see our name at all on the United app or online either. Mentioned this on Twitter just in passing and United called me to explain that they have changed they way they do things and unless there is a 100% chance I'm getting upgraded I won't even be on the list at the airport ( on the screen)

So those 30 people that were on the list at Dulles going to TPA all had a 100% chance of being upgraded? I'm really confused.

Can anyone explain maybe what the United rep that called me was trying to say??
All I can possibly think of is that the agent was trying to say "we tried adding you to the list, and you showed up as #31 out of 31, so then we removed you again".

The advice you were given, as you've explained it, was totally wrong.
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Old Dec 24, 12, 3:42 pm   #10
 
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Can you check the upgrade list online with your PNR?
Now? How do I do that?

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All I can possibly think of is that the agent was trying to say "we tried adding you to the list, and you showed up as #31 out of 31, so then we removed you again".

The advice you were given, as you've explained it, was totally wrong.
Yeah what she was saying was really odd. It could have been that she called at 730 this morning and i just woke up lol.

Why would they remove me if I was 31/31. Should I just be last on the list?
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Old Dec 24, 12, 3:51 pm   #11
 
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Paid G fare I think that was the fare or T
If it was G, could it be that some G fares are not upgradeable?
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Old Dec 24, 12, 3:51 pm   #12
 
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Correct or not, Customer Care seems to have a way to know if you will get CPUed or not.

Write to them and see what you can get and you will know if it is a matter on the list or not.
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Old Dec 24, 12, 5:48 pm   #13
 
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Were your respective mp #s on your boarding passes. Pls don't say "yes" w/o looking. I'm wondering if your reservation were somehow disconnected from you numbers.
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Old Dec 25, 12, 12:30 am   #14
 
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This has happened to me twice.

First time, inexplicably i *was* on the list, but not showing up on the monitor. Was explained as bug in system - upgrades were done by "real" list so I got it.

More recently, we were not on the upgrade list, 1K line agent phoned someone and said the system was malfunctioning but they would be able to fix upgrade list at the gate. GA had absolutely no clue why we wouldn't be on the upgrade list and didn't seem to care much...
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Old Dec 25, 12, 6:05 am   #15
 
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If it was G, could it be that some G fares are not upgradeable?
Did you buy through a travel agency or other website (non-UA.com)?
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