Originally Posted by
DLPhoenix
It does work as long as you are on a single segment. If you are flying point to point with no connections and you applied an RPU/GPU you will find yourself just below the insta-upgrades on the gate WL.
And I had two RPU upgrades clear between T-24 and T-6.
The current reservation system fails miserable when dealing with segment with more than a single leg. If one of the segments was upgraded using an instrument, the second will end up in a black hole. The only way to get the upgrade to clear is human intervention
Bottom line: [LIST][*]No need to worry if you are not connecting.
DLP
I pretty much suspected that something like this was occurring, and your analysis seems very accurate.
My bottom line:
This problem is definitely NOT a priority for UA and until it gets straightened out I'm not going to ever apply an RPU or a GPU unless I can get confirmed from the get-go!
People must be loosing these things, left & right, with no understanding that this is broken, and being waitlisted @ T-24 ain't in the cards!
Showing up at the gate on a domestic flight with a GPU (or even an RPU) requested and seeing your name #13 on the list does tend to piss a guy off, especially when you're about to fly all the way across the country in coach and you burnt one of these for SFO-LAS (on the second leg)!!!