Sat morning (1/19) DEN-ORD on a 777 and ORD-PHL on a DirecTV 73: 777 upgrade cleared at T-47:55, the ORD-PHL upgrade cleared at about T-29.
Interestingly, I called UA after the first flight cleared and the second went inside of T-48 without clearing even with "R=9." DON'T jump all over me - I know that R space does not equal a complimentary upgrade but I have had some luck in the past getting phone reps to push the upgrades for me based on R space availability. After the CS rep put me on hold three times and at least appeared to be trying to force the upgrade, the CS agent said "I have been told that R has 'sub-buckets' of fare classes for buy-ups and Y/B/M-ups," which was why my upgrade hadn't cleared.
Last edited by NgatesSEA; Jan 21, 2013 at 10:29 am