Originally Posted by
jjmoore
Oops... misread the original post... waiting on I .... nonetheless... call in and see if you can get lucky with a phone agent.
I'm a bit surprised to see R availability and not I....
IME, at least half of the time that I see R > 0, I is still 0. UA prefers selling an upgraded Y seat to a saver business award.
OP: It's a good sign, as you know there can no longer be any small groups of people waiting for upgraded seats* -- plus, UA doesn't think they can sell all of the seats they have available. However, open R space can be a magnet for people looking for confirmed upgrades...
* Any group of size 3 or fewer will have cleared already, and since upgrades will clear before I space will open, that means there are potentially fewer people in line waiting for the same inventory that you are.