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
Yes it's right. I've paid for a few very high priced J seats on the ORD-SFO route, and each time, I was on the GF upgrade list. 1 for 5 on upgrade from BF to GF. The return flight, due to being shorter, I can only book Y. On those flights, I've been offered very generous upgrades from Y to GF for a very decent price... I've taken it each time.
Which takes me back to my old theory, Platinum and 1K's get offered very high upgrade prices, but Gold and below are given cheap upgrade options...