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Old Sep 25, 2018 | 4:10 pm
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Originally Posted by strider4216
I flew United as my primary airline around 5+ years ago. Recently I've been flying Alaska (75k) exclusively for domestic work travel and their partner airlines for personal international travel. I'm based in the SF bay area and will need to start traveling internationally for work soon. Flight options are abundant out of SFO so I was considering coming back to UA.

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?

Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Expect significantly less upgrades, you'll also need to use an upgrade instrument or buy up to an upgrade if you're really trying to sit up front. I recommend turning on expert mode and scouting for R inventory if you're really looking for a higher chance.
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