Having just booked some United flights for work, I am wondering whether the upgrade options I am seeing now are going to disappear once my silver status ends.
I haven't flown on a United flight in about 5 years, so all these options are new to me. Any advice would be appreciated.
Clicking the Upgrade Cabin button, I see KIX-SFO United Premium Plus $300 instant confirmation or 30,000 miles (for the waitlist). I value that number of miles at much more than the $300 cash.
The other option for KIX-SFO in Polaris is $5,807 or 30,000+550. So an extra $250+30,000 to move from Premium Plus to Polaris (but waitlist). That would include the SFO-PDX leg as well (but still waitlist).
I haven't flown either PremPlus or Polaris, so I am not sure what I am missing. It is a 5:30pm departure and a 10hr flight, so unlikely to sleep more than 3-4 hours. Polaris might not be worth $550+30,000.