Originally Posted by Eric Westby

I have a r/t SFO/IAD trip coming up in mid-September that I may need to take earlier. A dear friend of mine upgraded me using two of his about-to-expire RPUs. Since I had identified flights with ample R space, the upgrades cleared immediately.

What's the best way for me to handle the flight changes if I still want to sit in F? While my friend is 1K, I'm only Silver, so I know there'll be a change fee. I can see a few flights with R space on my new dates, so I seem to have two choices:

1. Change my flights online, releasing his RPUs, and they'll eventually land in his account again -- unless they've already "expired." Then text him and have him apply two more RPUs to my changed itinerary.

2. Call UA and ask if they can change my itinerary while applying the exact same RPUs as before. Is this even possible? I'm only a Silver, so I don't know if I'll get an agent willing to do this.

Thanks for any advice.