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NYTA
Currently wait-listed for a "Plus Points" upgrade on UA 955 TLV-SFO on Dec 20. I'm gold and wife is 1K (points came from her account). Seems odd that we were waitlisted since it looks like there are 20+ seats available in Business on that flight. We were immediately confirmed for the return flight. Any thoughts from the group of the likelihood of clearing and when?
It's not odd that you were waitlisted; UA doesn't upgrade passengers based on the number of currently-open seats, but rather the number that they think they'll be able to sell.
The Friday night / Saturday morning flight (Dec. 21) is available for immediate upgrade. The Thursday night / Friday morning flight (Dec. 20) is not, but the inventory looks reasonably promising -- it's at J9 .. P9 PN0 PZ0. PZ is the fare class used for upgrades from a 1K account. So, this means that they're willing to offer discount fares (P9) but not yet willing to offer upgrades (PN0 - no GS upgrades).
If you clear, it could be anytime between more-or-less immediately and after you've already boarded the plane; it depends upon how sales go and how many passengers might already be on the waitlist.
If you'd care to mess around with your phone's date, you may be able to get a sneak peak at the current upgrade list by changing its date to Dec. 19 (in your settings) and checking the flight status in the app. This may mess with your calendar and reminders, though.