FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Specific GPU and RPU usage questions thread
Old Nov 1, 2014 | 7:50 am
  #843  
UA-NYC
FlyerTalk Evangelist
10 Countries Visited
20 Countries Visited
30 Countries Visited
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K2MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,318
Originally Posted by Alpha Golf
Sorry this thread's a bit unmanageable. I do almost exclusively international, so I'm an RPU newbie. So here's my situation:

I have a domestic trip, one long seg and one short. Both are R0, long is F3 and short is F0.

I care about the upgrade on the longer, and wouldn't really want to waste an RPU just for the shorter. But I figure the F0 means it's relatively unlikely to happen that way, so I put in for RPU upgrade.

I assume keeping the RPU in is my best shot at the longer u/g, all the way till boarding time; if it doesn't clear by boarding, i'm at risk for wasting the RPU if the second seg somehow opens, but wouldn't be able to do anything at that point.

Is this right? Is this the best strategy?
Inside T-24 inventory will fluctuate, and you may accidentally get that short leg UG you didn't really want, without getting the long leg.

I'd call in and "un-apply" it to the short leg, so it's only on the long one.
UA-NYC is offline