Originally Posted by
hhmorgan
Looked around and couldn't really find an answer to this question.
I'm currently booked EWR-TLV UA90 on M-fare with a GPU waitlisted. The BF flight availability is looking potentially meager for the GPU to clear on day of departure.
I'm considering an SDC at the T-24 hour mark (of UA90) to the UA84 flight, if the BF flight availability stays at current levels. I would need to push my originating flight up 4-5 hrs to make the new UA84 departure of 4:10pm.
Question - right now UA84 has no Economy flight availability showing. If this stays the same into the T-24 (of UA90):
1) Will United put me Standby for Economy (same M-fare class) and still waitlist the GPU
2) If you're on a flight standby list with a GPU waitlisted will they clear you into BF without ever being "officially" given an Economy seat (i.e. if GPU/1K/M-fare gets the priority)
3) How do they handle fare class pricing changes in this scenario where no Economy is currently available at T-24
Thanks for any help - I just want to have a plan in place if UA84 is the more likely GPU clearance opportunity.
This is a good strategy
if there is both fare class availability and R space open on the new flight. But you can't SDC if the same fare class is not available. And you are also likely to run into problems attempting to waitlist for an upgrade on a new flight within T-24, as that is technically against the rules.
If I had my heart set on the upgrade, I would consider paying to change to a flight with R availability (or possibly a wide open BF cabin) prior to T-24.