Originally Posted by
NiceLanding
You misunderstood my point, which was that according to a UAInsider post, if there are not enough seats available to cover all the people on the upgrade list, then everyone will be offered cheap upgrades at check-in. Your example is entirely consistent with that statement. In practice, it means that cheap upgrades of one form or another would be available on nearly all UA flights.
Yep... I got it completely backwards. Makes sense now. One thing I noticed is that my girlfriend that was traveling with me on a separate record also had the same paid upgrade option that I had.... they were offering cheap upgrades to non-status members! Frankly, it makes me pretty angry that they would give away an upgrade seat cheap to a non-status member.....
Same complaint, different day. I wish they would accommodate the higher revenue elites on the upgrade list before allowing cheap tickets to purchase up for next to nothing (less than $200 for a 2 hour flight). Anyway.... I could go on and on, but would be talking in circles. Hope the airlines are listening to the people that make them the big $$.
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