Originally Posted by
pagotto
I love being told that complimentary upgrades are only available if they "feel" like giving them, despite R being available at the clearance windows (and after). I guess that's sort of going to be my new mantra; United will get my business only if I "feel" like giving it to them.
My ticket was also out of synch because it had other carriers on it, and I was told that it would not affect upgrade clearance, which sounds like it's incorrect.
The good news is that I was being offered appropriately priced buy-ups prior to OLCI...will see what happens when I go to check in a bit later.
Aren't all complimentary upgrades based at least in part on whether the airline "feels" they want to release those premium seats? It seems that now at least part of the problem with the system frustrating pax is that there is
more transparency then before. To us PMUA people who never saw R inventory and didn't discuss ToDs on this forum very much, the system looks wishy washy, when all along the PMUA 96 (100) hour cutoff for upgrades was for premium seats that PMUA "felt" like doling out back then. Do I have this right, or was PMUA really more liberal and in the past just released whatever F and C seats were not purchased at the 96 (100)/72/24 hour marks to deserving elites?