Originally Posted by
zombietooth
Just don't expect to catch CPUs on UA for hub-to-hub routes. They are non-existent. Even using PlusPoints on transcon routes is impossible. I imagine that the same is true at AA, so likely no difference between them in that regard. Sometimes, I think those leaving other carriers believe that they will be treated better as a 1K on UA than as a ExecPlat or Diamond Medallion. This is not the case.
Oh no even better, I underestimated how elite heavy Miami is for United. Upgrade lists are usually 10-30 people, with a few of my 1K friends even agreeing that receiving an upgrade is almost nonexistent... but hey, I don't blame them for avoiding american haha.
Haha yeah, United's program is def not my favorite, but I'd rather deal with that than the "500 mile upgrades", or even the very often case of AA gate agents skipping the upgrade list to upgrade non revs into first class, let alone... Oasis...