Originally Posted by
abaheti
As usual, I should know this, but it has been a while. I am trying UA again after a bit of a hiatus for domestic flights.
Booked LAX-BWI-LAX
- Two pax, both Gold (I'm MM, spouse is my designated gold)
- Outbound Q fare, return S
- Both flights showed us on the CPU list
- Figured WTH, just added us to the outbound miles upgrade waitlist (worth 15k miles each pax for a sucky redeye)
Questions:
- Confirming the miles + $0 charge should put us above regular CPUs?
- Either way, for two golds, should I request a split to increase the odds of one of us clearing on the outbound? Wait and split for return only?
- As a rule, if we were just CPU and no miles pay, is the best strategy to split?
- If we do split, we are both Gold, I'm MM, will I be above my spouse on the list or is it random? (The reservation is me as pax 1 and her as pax 2 if that matters, but now after submitting the miles pay upgrade request she is listed first, weird.
Thanks.
1. Yes
2. In theory, your odds are better if you split. In practice, I suspect your odds are nearly zero.
3. It matters less for CPU, but, I suppose. But your chances of CPU are even closer to zero.
4. No way to tell.