Originally Posted by
pmarrsouth
CM & UA Gold
Booked S fare CM flight at T-47 on CM stock & website. Upgrade email received ~2 hours later. Upgraded into Z fare bucket. Checked in at T-24 and kept the CM number on account, which is displayed on boarding pass.
No issues on the day or at gate. Changed FF number to UA number while boarding the plane in the "Update Personal Data and Trip Preferences" in "Manage your Booking".
Miles & PQM credited correctly to UA account 3.5 days later (S fare bucket).
Changed FF number back to CM and I hope there will be no issue with the upgrade in a couple of days at T-48
I wonder if Copa will catch on to people abusing the program for upgrades like this.