Originally Posted by
villox
there is a trick on the United app where if you set your phone’s clock to a date in the future, the app will let you query the status for a flight on or around that date. If you then subscribe to push notifications for that flight, it will stay there in flight status even when you set your clock back to the correct date.
i use this all the time to monitor seat maps and upgrades for future flights.
How does this help with upgrades? I just did it and it only gives me the booked vs capacity.