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Old Nov 20, 2012 | 3:47 pm
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Originally Posted by 000123UA
This is actually not true. I regularly see flights (like UA938 on 11/23) that are F4 A4 J3 C3 D3 Z3 P3, yet business is already at capacity and there are exactly 4 F seats unassigned. UA is willing to sell *ANY* premium fare (by way of overselling the J cabin) to fill 3 out of the 4 seats. Only one seat is "held back" for a real F (or A) purchase.
That was assuming F0.

Bottom line, in those scenarios, C is booked full and potentially over booked, you won't get an upgrade unless there are MANY misconnects/no-shows, etc.
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