My itinerary was ORD-FRA-GVA-FRA-ORD. Initially booked as W/W/W/W, which triggered a bag fee. I called and confirmed I got "lit", at least as far as bag fees were concerned. I upfared to V/V/V/V and it's still showing bag fees, but called and United confirmed that this was a mistake.

There is a tremendous amount of confusion between "point of origin", which is the language used in the rollout and "departure city". My understanding is that on the return flight, my departure city is GVA but my point of origin is ORD. As such, a W should have been fine. I don't think it's truly a Light fare, as my upgrades waitlisted fine.

I am also wondering if the web display is not coded correctly and it's just looking at the first letter of the fare basis and running with it.