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Flying Machine
Any update to when a Passenger get the Upgrade with a Successful Bid. What Fare Basis is used for the Upgraded Flight and was there any different Mileage Accrual for the Upgraded flight. Thanks..
I'm in LIS at the moment, having flown here on Sunday evening from BOS. My upgrade (I bid 300 Euros) cleared at 72 hours out. I probably could have bid the minimum (280 Euros) and still made it - there were probably 5-6 empty seats in the front cabin, out of 20 available.
The seat itself was quite nice, lie-flat and felt very private (I had 2K, which is against the window, and no one was across the aisle). My only real complaint is that with a strong tailwind, the flight was only 5h40m, which only allowed for a couple hours of sleep. Probably be first time I actually kind of hoped for a longer flight!
Since United is notoriously slow for posting mileage, I probably won't know for another couple days about accrual. But my boarding pass said 'C' class, so I'm hoping for the best!