Originally Posted by
doverflyer
How often do GPUs clear for SFO-TPE, TPE-SFO? I applied them for a trip staring at the end of the month, from PHL-SFO-TPE (and the return TPE-SFO-PHL). So far, only SFO-TPE has cleared out of the four segments. There seem to be a lot of empty BF seats from TPE-SFO, but also quite full in E+. I'm 1K btw.
Welcome to FT!
That's a relatively easy route, although any flight can be difficult on a particular day if bookings are high. What's your return date?
Originally Posted by
UA-NYC
If you book 6+ months out, I've found it's not too hard.
Also, the 6am and 8pm flights ex-JFK seem to be much easier.
I'm not disagreeing with you on either of those two limited points, but UA's policy respecting ps upgrades has changed fundamentally in the last year. UA is now extremely stingy with R on the ps flights. Most flights, they simply will not open R, even with a wide-open BF cabin. They want to both (i) sell those seats through buy-ups, and (ii) force elites, particularly business travelers, to pay for BF rather than relying on instruments for the upgrade.
The policy change would be much less offensive if UA were consistently filling the BF seats at full fare. They're not. Many flights the cabin is half full (at best). But they'd rather sell those empty seats to a GM at check-in for $229 than let a 1K burn an RPU. For those who fly ps frequently, this change in policy is near the very top of the list of elite-unfriendly moves this management has made.