Originally Posted by
Often1
There is no way to game the system. UA prices based on demand. If demand doesn't get met, the price drops. If it does get met and you didn't buy when it was first offered, it's gone.
Well, you probably could buy a bunch of fully refundable F seats then cancel a day or so before the flight... Probably a good way to get your MP account cancelled if you play that game too often and would tie up 10s of thousands of dollars on your credit card, but if you really wanted to cause a glut of F seats to drive down the price of the TOD upgrades, that would likely do it.