Originally Posted by
EZESE
I TOTALLY AGREE!...UA does this with there 1K's and if you are a heavy traveller this is a great benefit to have especially when you have 2 SE's fighting for the same 1 seat that is left on the plane in J Class. Happened to me on Friday on AC#063 YYZ-YVR I was the fortunate one that beat out the other SE only because AC's system puts me first as a connecting PAX from YUL and he was originating out of YYZ instead therefore it put me #1 on the list. Who knows, maybe this guy had more than 166K Q miles up to this point this year and should have got the seat before me?
I second that.
UA also considers YTD benefit on WL upgrades. On popular s routes: LAX/SFO-SYD-LAX/SFO, IM rarely releases more than 1/2 NC months ahead.
UA IM at the request for upgrades on the popular routes1Month , 3 weeks, 2 weeks & 3 days looks .If there are 3 1Ks on WL, Creterias are: YTD Miles, Lifetime Miles, Date upgrade requested(if there is schedule change the request clock is set to the date Sched.change is accepted)
Which is why I never request any Upgrades more than month ahead if there is no NC seat at time of ticketing.
I typically requalify by end of 1st. Quarter, I have always had my WL flights clear in the 1st. round when IM looks at Waitlist.
YTD miles plays a big role in IM clearing not only updrades for the 1K personal travel, it also plays a big role in clearing XC/XF (award travel) for even if it is not 1Ks personal travel.
UA 1ks with high YTD miles get many unwritten benefits. One time accceptance are norm.
Encourging UA 1Ks to go for high YTD miles early in qualifying year, United is adding to its bottomline.It is win win for the member & the airline!
I wish AC would consider that. SE with higher YTD miles should be the final tiebreaker.
As it has been said many times on this board,AC is in business of making money, thus you would think AC would encourage SE/E/P to add to the bottomline in 1st & 2nd Q by making YTD final tie-breaker for WL upgrades.
Originally Posted by global_happy_traveller
they can make it more sophisticated, by filtering the status miles within each tier (ie. a person that has flown 61,000 would have priority over someone that has flown 60,999 miles).