FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Complimentary upgrades when UA's PremPlus / Polaris cabin(s) are open? (No)

Aug 1, 2021, 10:10 am

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Originally Posted by Nagasaki Joe

I have a transpacific flight from TYO to ORD in August and upgraded my seat to United Polaris (Business) Class using points and cash. However, with only about 10% of Polaris seating reserved so far on my flight (and probably not likely to increase much), I'm wondering if I'd have a good chance of getting upgraded to Polaris as a UA Premier Gold from Economy Plus instead and save the cash since the Polaris is not a fully functioning product at the moment. With Polaris Class mostly empty, is UA upgrading its Premier members to fill all those empty seats? Does anyone think I'd have a good chance to snag an upgrade?

Your chance of scoring a free upgrade is less than 0%.

1. UA does not upgrade simply because the cabin is empty.

2. Even so, your status is too low to score one anyway.

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