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Old Jan 23, 2020, 6:58 pm
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RobOnLI
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Originally Posted by Kacee
I'm certainly not seeing it.

I've been waitlisted over two weeks now on an SFO-HKG flight that's currently booked 5/50 10 weeks out. I'm the only pax on the waitlist. Not sure what they're waiting for
Same for my TPE-SFO return this weekend. Booked 1 week out, cabin booked 14/60. I was #19 on the upgrade list. Upgrades didn't process until 36h before the flight. Why? Beats me. PremPlus was overbooked yet I cleared into the last "RN" seat at booking and United sold four more seats after that (evidenced by the booked 14 + 4 blocked).

You'll get the upgrade obviously. Maybe this is how they are trying to "fix" the upgrade list issues they have. Block all upgrades until things "stabilize". It's a head scratcher for sure.

-RM
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