Originally Posted by
6rugrats
You were trying to upgrade on an elite heavy route and when you went to Departure Management, you had no status and were at the bottom of the list. I would have been surprised if you had cleared. No way to check upgrade status like on CO. No, UA usually does not move people up to clear upgrade waitlists. Yes, you can check if an upgrade will instantly clear.
Do a dummy award booking, for a standard award, for your flight. You must be logged in, and have your settings in your MP profile set to "expert". Click on "flight info" for your flight and look at availability. If you are looking for upgrade availability to C, you must see NC>0.
Call to ask for the most accuracy.
Wow, great advice..thank you all for the welcome and for the help.
6rugrats - I just tried what you said. Set my setting to expert and just checked the route I have for a trip in November. EWR-ORD-SFO-BFL. Now availability has all these other statuses -- none of which is the NC>0 that you mentioned above. i.e. F8, A6, Y9, B6 etc... any clarification on these codes. Are these booking classes?