Originally Posted by
spin88
UA must not like you guys, who did you offend?
But seriously, this GS has been (last few months, its started in December and ramped up in January and even more in February) getting lots of upsell offers. Upsell offer at ticketing, upsell offer by e-mail, upsell offer at check in, upsell offer when I got to print my boarding passes at the airport (if you miss this, you miss the BEST UPSELLS, these are the cheap ones). The notable thing is the price always goes down, not up. Sort of a reverse auction.
If you want a cheap TOD, pick a flight with R/A showing, and go reprint your tickets at the EasyChick'n machine. You will get a cheapo upsell offer.
Or put it another way, if you don't want to be pissed, just pick whatever flights that are popular, pick the best E+ seat and live with it, coz you may not get the upgrades anyway. I was in UA1414 two nights ago, PMCO 752. I could have made it to PMUA 753 and shoot for the upgrades, but I think if I don't get the upgrade, the bulkhead PMCO 752s are actually better than 753s.
Now I just get the domestic flights in UA when I am planning to sleep. If you want a more spacious seat to work, get PS and use the RPU, or go to AA or DL. Their exit row seats have enough room for you to work with GoGo WiFi.