Originally Posted by
ocn2ocn
Given the difficulty of upgrading internationally (especially to Asia), it would make more sense -- in the cases where there is no confirmable upgrade seats -- to allow customers to pay the lowest available fare and if the waitlist clears for the ugraded class -- to collect the fare difference at that point. Its not right to require the purchase of a higher fare class when there may not be any realistic chance for the upgrade space to clear.
That is an excellent suggestion and truly fair to UA's elites.
There is not a snowball's chance in h___ that UA will ever do it!
I wonder what the success of non-FT'rs on SWU's is relative to FT'ers (With FT'ers using every trick in the book to increase there odds of success, and non-FT'rs just buying the ticket and applying an SWU and hoping for the best...)