TLV - SFO [Consolidated Questions About UA's Service, aircraft, food, schedule, ...]
I've been monitoring UA 954 for the past week or so (as a friend was waitlisted for an upgrade). Pleasantly surprised her upgrade using miles + $ cleared 72 hours before departure and by the time the flight departed, everybody on the upgrade list made it ^
This does not appear to be a one-off, similar pattern of most if not all upgrades clearing before departure on other days as well. Which leads me to ask: is this just seasonal or are there other factors here?
On a related note, anybody know why today (Thurs) departure is scheduled for 11:15p instead of the usual 9:15p? I noticed this a few days ago, so it doesn't look like an unplanned event.
Cheers.