Originally Posted by Colin

I guess I just realized that Platinums this year will not get instant upgrades on M fares. Looks like the B fare is several hundred more each way for domestic flights, enough to make corporate travel managers take note. I'm going to really miss this M fare benefit and will start looking for other confirmed F options outside United. Seems like a bad move from United, but I guess we'll have to see if UA is successful in switching me to B fares at the end of the year.

I do like the instantly confirmable companion benefit on B fares now.

Big thumbs up to UA IT teams for the conversion. My data is all perfect.