Originally Posted by
denis in denver
My upgrade DEN-LAX cleared Sunday right at the 96 hour window and because I monitor (fare codes had been showing R9 RN9 so I was expecting the clearance) I was able to do my seat selection immediately. Great.
Interestingly I had not received email notification that my upgrade had cleared until today. UA sent the email at 12:36pm today - just about 21 hours after the upgrade had cleared.
At least I got a notification. In the last few months my notifications have been sporadic at best.
I do miss not having the option of text notification. That is much more conventient for me than email.
Denis, I think on ua.com in your profile there is an option to set a telephone contact number as a mobile number (as opposed to home, or work for example). If you do that, and select that number as the way to contact you, instead of email as the primary mode of contact, the site states that a text alert will be sent to you.
I haven't flown or tried to upgrade anything since I set up my new profile, so I have to admit that I'm not sure it actually works as advertised.
