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Old Aug 16, 2018 | 12:14 am
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Welcome to FT!, ORDinaryJohn

Originally Posted by ORDinaryJohn
I am new to the status and upgrade process. My wife and I are flying to Europe in December for our 10th anniversary. She's fare class X and I'm K (both in Economy Plus). We're flying ORD>MUC. I know K is not GPU eligible and have no idea about upgrade ability of X. I would like to surprise my wife with a Polaris upgrade. I would really appreciate any advice on what it would take to upgrade for cheaper than United is offering ($2,500 or 20,000 miles & $550 per passenger).
For the X fare, you can waitlist for an I Business Saver (for another 30,000) or wait for a potential cash offer at check-in. neither is guaranteed to occur.

For the K fare, you can waitlist for the upgrade ( 20,000 miles + $550) or wait for a potential cash offer at check-in. neither is guaranteed to occur.

Cheap business fares to Europe on UA has not been seen for some time.
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