FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Post 3-Mar-2012:How to find upgrade inventory [+how to see fare bucket availability]

Mar 15, 2012, 3:17 pm

#104

gdemander

Join Date: Sep 2010

Programs: SPG Plat, HH Silver, UA 1K, DL Silver

Posts: 190

Quote:

Originally Posted by AA2MM

I was reading the post by our UA guru Smb12 ( thank you ) about finding fare classes availability, to find that a flight I was booked on for 2 has R1 and RN1.
I don't know what the difference is between R and RN, or Z and ZN.
So, I took a chance and divided the record. This morning, I got the message in our separate PNRs to contact UA because the upgrade with RPUs has cleared. I guess the computer won't clear 1R and 1RN together for 2 pax in one PNR.

Indications are that R = RN. Only difference being that RN is for premiers. If you see RN as 1 and R as 1 there is one upgrade available.

Here is the FT discussion about it aptly titled Decoding the Alphabet Soup.

And here is that awesome Greasemonkey script, which has been updated for the new United site.