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Oct 5, 2012, 8:31 am

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kit125

Join Date: May 2005

Location: CLE

Programs: RA, UA MM 1k, AA EXP, Marriott LTP, Hyatt Plat, SPG100

Posts: 476

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoubleMiles

I just became United Plat and have two regional upgrades and am wondering what is the optimal way to use them.

Is the right way to use them to wait for the upgrade period to begin (72 hrs before departure) and then use the reg upgrade if I am not upgraded? Or should I use the reg upgrade immediately after purchasing the ticket?

Also, there seems to be no way to apply the reg upgrade online. Is calling the only way to apply it?

This is a matter of personal preference, but the strategy I use is to apply them to flights where sitting in coach makes the trip completely undesirable to me, generally flights over 3 hours.