Originally Posted by
kb1992
UA has this nasty practice of clearing 858 upgrades at the gate. You can observe every flight to take a look. Basically most flights ALL people on upgrade list would eventually be cleared.
See this for Sept. 5 PVG-SFO.
J class is 27/60 booked, and 14 people on waitlist.
Again, all will be cleared except that they probably will not get lounge access because the BP will be reissued at the gate.
UA.com is using weird term, First Class and Biz Class to refer to actual Polaris class and Premium Y class.
I called UA to push my upgrade through 3 days before the flight so can select my desired seat.
Thanks man. I will book my dad a United economy ticket first and see how things go. Is PVG to SFO the only United option into the states? Also, do you think it’s worth applying Global Service PlusPoints here over 1K PlusPoints?