Originally Posted by
ExpertFlyer Voice
The UA site itself is having issues:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...ug-2013-a.html
UA Award inventory can still be searched by selecting "Star Alliance" as the airline in the Award search. UA regular fare class availability remains unaffected via the Flight Availability search tool.
You are correct. When I checked UA's site to see if it was working I only checked for awards and not upgrades.