Originally Posted by
stravels
Per UA Insider in the integration thread
"R = Upgrade awards for and 2-cabin aircraft and BusinessFirst/United Business on 3-cabin aircraft"
That is part of the backgound of what prompted me to start this thread.
Originally Posted by
rruaco
On inter-carrier star alliance tickets (e.g. a US code-share on a UA flight) there is no certainty that the fare codes are the same on your ticket and on the reservation as seen by the operating carrier.
[EDIT] but have just realized that's irrelevant since this is on UA.com
I have had a similar problem with CO.com before - showing me in R without upgrading me. I think that one was fine in the end, IIRC EUA bumped me to F as normal and I would remember if I didn't get miles.
Indeed. In this case, the flown flights from yesterday did not come with any upgrade to first class.