Originally Posted by steelydeely

I just booked economy award flights on United for my wife and I in July . Trying to take advantage of the travel credit here, when should I attempt to upgrade the seats? Is this one of those things I can do the next day or should I wait until the day of? Do I need to wait for award taxes to post first or anything?

I noticed on United site it said that you can't upgrade basic economy seats, but in the United app it's giving me the option to upgrade and I'm able to go through the first few steps. Anybody have any confirmation or insight into this?