Originally Posted by
asiadxer
Try making a dummy booking for RL on your desired date. If there are no D-class fare (Business Special/Business WOW) available, then most likely there is no upgrade available.
April 2015 BR 1, my waitlisted RL upgrade (EVA mileage) was approved around T-14.
June 2015 BR 16, RL *A upgrade was not available on my desired date, so I called EVA in March, asked her about availability of RL upgrade. The agent told me RL upgrade was available if I depart 2 days early. So I changed my EVA reservation, went to UA SAUA website, got the upgrade using UA mileage.
So if you are flexible on dates, there may be upgrades available around your desired dates. Otherwise, you can wait for T-14, I have seen RL opened up D-class at T-7 to T-48hours. I have no idea if UA can see the last minute released BR upgrade inventory.
I tried the dummy booking in RL. It took me as far as entering cc info so I think there is availability.
The thing that is annoying is that EVA keep telling me there is upgrade availability but when I go to UA, they say none is available.
I'm not flexible on date so I think my best bet is to keep checking for upgrades up until my flight.
I'll take any other advice! Thx for your help!