Originally Posted by
abaheti
SAN-LAX on Sunday, 3/24. #2 on upgrade list, #1 cleared and tool the last seat before I got to the airport, fully sold in both cabins, stand by list, but not all 1st class had checked in. A few minutes before boarding got called up and got the seat. I was king of the world for the 15 minute flight! :-)
While on the plane, got notification that my upgrade for Tuesday 3/26 MRY-LAX had cleared (pretty far in advance!). My assumption is that they oversold coach and moved me up to free up my e+ seat.
You got a 48-hour CPU which is the normal gold window (which is what your profile says you are - UA Gold). It wasn't "early"?! Sunday to Tuesday is 2 days or 48 hours.
-RM