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Old Sep 25, 2018 | 3:49 pm
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Originally Posted by strider4216
I was hoping to get some general feedback about flying United since I haven't stepped on a UA plane in a long time. Any specific feedback around SFO upgrades would be particularly helpful. I currently fly SFO-EWR/JFK around once a month and get upgraded on Alaska 90%+ of the time, I imagine even if I pull 1K on United that might not be the same story?
You will not get upgraded SFO-EWR on UA ex-SFO as a 1K. If you want to fly that route up front (lie-flats) you'll need to buy discount J (discounted fares around $1300).

I recently matched to AS 75K and it is a completely different world for upgrades. I'm practically giddy how easy they are.

But for international travel from SFO, UA and its *A partners provide unmatched options. The new Polaris seats are really nice and the lounge is pretty good too.
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