Originally Posted by
Tchiowa
Somebody with "deep knowledge" please explain to me. I see many posts like this where someone is waitlisted for a Miles + $ upgrade. I don't get it. Every time I try Miles + $ I am upgraded on the spot. I just did it for a SFO/BKK in January. No waitlist. Click, CC and done. I've done this a dozen times or more and never saw a waitlist.
So why do some flights get waitlisted on Miles + $ and others not? Is it the flight? Status?
I'd say you were lucky. Very, very lucky if always.
And you're upgraded to NRT
The not so fun part will be NH to BKK
Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
Availability of R at booking. If there at booking, you will clear--miles, certs, ... So why some flights have R early on -- the 'whim" of inventory management. Just depends on the route.
Yup, only UA knows why it releases R and when.
An effort for those of us who posses(ed) GPUs to buy the extra expensive W fare.