Originally Posted by
zrs70
I echo what was said above regarding upgrades going to employees. If there is no one who is able to support the upgrade with an instrument of some kind, employees have the right to those seats.
As a sidenote… United only has one flight a day from Taipei these days. I believe the plane to Tokyo is a code-share operated by ANA.
For my flight from SFO to TPE, I did not use anything to support an upgrade.
I got upgraded at the gate before boarding the flight because it was oversold in economy. Honestly, I think it's wrong for flight attendants to be able to be on standby for all three classes. We have 3 people in the family that has 1k, and I think it's wrong because we spend money to achieve that status. I understand that there are rules for intl upgrade and need supporting vouchers/mileage/fee but they should still give the benefits to customers rather than their own employees.