Originally Posted by
RobOnLI
Are you sure?
I look at tomorrow for example. UA 1570 is the 835am SFO-ORD.
F is booked full. 3 are cleared upgrades and only one name appears on the list (LOW/M).
J is booked to 45 out of 52 with 6 blocked (coach is probably overbooked). 30 of these are upgrades. The flight is currently checked in to 29. "LOW/M" is an upgrade to J.
Surely not all 29 of the check-ins are CPU customers. So why isn't the F waiting list longer? And why is LOW/M, who shows as cleared on the J list showing up as standby on the F list even though he's a revenue customer. I suppose it's technically possible there are two different "LOW/M" on the flight (one upgraded to business and one paid for business). But definitely the standby list for F would be longer with 29 business pax checked in.
I'm not losing sleep over this data. I'm just curious who really gets to show up on the F standby list.
Thanks!
-RM
Well a couple of thoughts. There are 30 names on the J CPU list which have cleared. So theoretically, all of the 29 check-ins could be Y>J CPUs. A few of the 29 checkins could also be paid J who are not elites (if you can/do always fly domestic F, there is not a big need to chase status, and therefore many just pick the best or cheapest airlines when needed). A few of the 29 checkins could also be elites on an award, without a Chase CC (and therefore also not eligible for an upgrade).
LOW/M is probably not a non-rev, because as you point out, he/she is already cleared into J. There are reports of buy-ups to F(or in this case J) which show was cleared upgrades. If it was actually treated as a buy up to J in the backend, then he/she would be CPU eligible for J>F.