Originally Posted by
mileshound
I have a 3 segment domestic FC saver award booked with 2 segments in I and 1 in X class. It took 3 calls and the agent checking with the supervisor but I am finally waitlisted for I on the one X segment.
I have no status. If this does not clear by T-24, I understand I should be ahead of complementary upgrades on the airport upgrade list. I read somewhere, but cannot find it again, about what they need to do on the upgrade list to get me to the top. There was a special code they need to enter.
Does anyone know what they need to do so I float to the top?
Thanks
The agent should give you “PR-1 status” which gives you top-priority
status and moves you to the very top of the upgrade standby list, ahead of
employees and everyone else trying to upgrade with miles+cash. If one agent
won’t put you on the list as a displaced Business class passenger with PR-1
status then find another one who will. With this status the odds of you
getting a business class are very high if there are still open seats (or if
anybody no-shows).
If the agents in the airport are all clueless you should direct them to look
up “gg onestandby” in their system (they’ll know exactly what this is)
and look around lines 85-89 which spell out the details of the procedure for
this award. (Parenthetically, when trying to get a gate pass to access a
club as a United Club cardholder when I’m not flying I sometimes need to
tell an agent to look up “gg checkpoint line 53″ which instructs agents to
give you a security pass for you and your guests to access post-security
United and USAirways clubs even if you aren’t flying.)