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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 7:46 am
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lainys
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Originally Posted by jasp25
Talking about a complimentary upgrade (at the gate) what's the chance of a prem exec being given that on UA74 on Feb 11 IAD-SFO departing at 11:15PM and coach all 0'ed out? (there's a 767 flight leaving 45mins earlier also 0'ed out coach cabin).. I am debating whether to pay 15,000 miles and risk only being upgraded LAX-SFO, instead of LAX-SFO-IAD all the way.
Why not call and ask to upgrade only SFO-IAD portion? If that clears before you check in, you can then call again and ask to waitlist the LAX-SFO portion. If it doesn't then you're only waitlisted for flight that you actually want upgraded.
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