Originally Posted by troygorczyca

I was number one on the upgrade list on the 8:29 PM p.s. flight from JFK - LAX tonight and I didn't clear. This afternoon I noticed that there was an R1 available. I called the "1K" line and was put on hold because a memo had just been circulated to tell the agents not to clear people off the list. She checked with her supervisor to confirm and wished me luck. I proceeded to tweet united and they told me that "Upgrades within 24 hours of departure must be done at the airport." Basically, the upgrade list doesn't matter until they've had the chance to offer buy-ups to every single passenger. Sadly, I didn't get the offer so I don't know the price.