Originally Posted by
iapetus
I'll be flying UA106 IAD-MUC next month. The current equipment for the flight is a 772. And, judging by the seatmap, I'm presuming that this will be a flight with P+. So I changed my seat to 22K.
But before I figured that out, I had applied a GPU. I'll be traveling on an H fare on a Friday evening. I'm hoping for an upgrade; J is currently booked 33 of 48.
So now I'm wondering about the impact of the potential introduction of P+ seating on that GPU. Since I currently hold a seat that would be in the P+ section, what's going to happen with this GPU?
- Will United considered that GPU used if my seat becomes a P+ seat and I don't move?
- How likely is it that I would get bumped back to E+ if I pull the GPU and the seat becomes a P+ seat?
Does anyone have any experience with this? I would consider using the GPU if I have to in order to secure P+ seating, but I'd obviously rather not do so if it isn't necessary. In my ideal scenario, UA would put me on the J waitlist and not pull the GPU if I don't clear into J (
i.e. the answer to question
#1 above is 'no'). The unrealistically ideal scenario is that I actually get the upgrade to J.
Unless the flight is marketed as one with PP then there will be no PP class of service (IAD-MUC is not one of those), so you may get a PP seat but it will be regular economy service, so the only upgrade you would get would be to Polaris.