Originally Posted by
smiles33
Thank you for this clear explanation. We do not have any status (first time traveling UA in decades!!!). I assume we won't clear then and will prepare ourselves to be in E+ for the return flight. I'm grateful that at least we cleared for business on the way there!
Just wanted to update that we DID clear the waitlist at about 27 hours beforehand. However, there is only ONE seat in Business so only DH has a confirmed seat number. We have subsequently lost our E+ seats, but in another thread I started, other users said we should get confirmed seats once the gate agents upgrade others to F. We will go early to the gate and I am keeping my fingers crossed that they can manage to find 2 seats together (so my kids sit together) or we can convince other passengers to switch seats so my kids aren't next to strangers.