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Old Sep 12, 2019 | 12:37 pm
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Originally Posted by LXFlyer

I'm a 1K who's booked on a flight tomorrow. I just checked in, and looking on the upgrade list, only 4/12 seats in first class are booked.

Why does United wait so long to confirm upgrades? It doesn't seem likely that they'll get 8 more first class bookings on this route in the next day?
They are exhausting all options to sell those seats - whether it be outright sale, a buyup from economy, or even an award mileage sale.
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