Originally Posted by
AZjohns
I can see both sides of this issue. Yes, OP ended up getting an UG pulled and then getting one replaced ahead of others on a different flight.
If I was #1 on the list and didn't clear on the other flight, I would be bummed out. But the truth is this has happen many times to me (and I'm sure others on this board).
On the other hand, I would have done exactly what the OP did. It's not his fault UA oversold. Again, I think most of us here would want to have UA honor their confirmed UG for us at any length (well, I sure would).
Yes, for the flight I was booked on, If I change flights all bets are off, play the upgrade game again. It is only fair. And they were on a W fare so they probably would have never gotten the upgrade on the new flight if they had been put in the queue like they should have been. But as they say, bad karma will come back and bite the OP in the a**.