Upgrading on S fare with miles+money, two people on separate PNRs, MSP-XXX-FRA, neither of us have status.
Domestic MSP-XXX upgraded instantly, waitlisted for TATL. Flight is next week. I've been sporadically checking over past week (itinerary reserved last week, ticketed today) and observed fluctuation between R0 and R2. Today flight is showing
J9 JN7 C7 D7 Z4 ZN4 P3 PN0 R0 RN0
If I'm reading correctly we're looking for R>0, but since the IT system is sometimes tied up running Oregon Trail in the background, we might not be automatically upgraded even if it appears? If we try to undo, then redo, we'd incur award redeposit fees?
And if I'm reading the rules correctly, if the Polaris segment doesn't clear, we get miles and cash refunded- hence a domestic upgrade for free? (and UA misses out on the copay- Sad!)
Last group that traveled same route was quoted ~$850 for upgrade at checkin.