Originally Posted by
N104UA
If arrival or departure time increased by 30min then yes you can change, however that is standard UA schedule change policy, if the layover was always 4+ hours then no you can't, you purchased an economy ticket and got an economy plus seat (either paid or through status), you did not purchase PP so UA so don't mention that when calling.
Originally Posted by
threeoh
One of the definitions of IRROPS in the CoC is "Substitution of aircraft type that provides different classes of service or different seat configurations". I'd say you have a chance with a few HUCAs, if you say you selected this flight because of its seating configurations and now that it's changed you'd like a different feeder flight.
Did you go from 9-across to 10-across? If so, an even better chance.
Thank both for the reply.
The key words that I said to an agent were "configuration change." I did not have to do HUCA. Change from a Polarized 777 to sUA 777 is a big deal.
The only minor irritation was that there was PZ1 on the late IAD-SFO flight when I called and when this agent tried to confirm my upgrade. After she changed my flight, PZ1 disappeared and her supervisor would not let her to confirm the upgrade for me. I had a RPU applied to my original IAD-SFO flight. Nevertheless, I still wanted to make the change. The two extra hours at home are important to me.
Edit: The Upgrade with RPU is cleared at T-23 h 40 min. So, I am happy!