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Mar 20, 2023 | 5:34 pm

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cricketer

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Originally Posted by cricketer

This was not an issue in the SWU/GPU days pre Dec-2019, Now however, the system won't let you do it online within 24 hours (at least per my one experience trying to apply my PP to a colleague's ticket). Whether there's a workaround others will have to weigh in on.

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Originally Posted by Lux Flyer

24 hour rule? Very flexible if you're using that as the guideline as the cutoff isn't 24 hours.

LH/the system will take requests up until 10 hours prior to departure

https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly...Lufthansa.html

My bad - the 24hrs in NH, LH is indeed 10 hours. My attempt was closer in than that in any case.

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Originally Posted by myperks

no problem attaching upgrade two hours before departure (in late Dec).

booked on united to Europe and flight severely delayed while checking in and put on LH. Once the ticket was changed at the United counter, went to apply the PP, it went to waitlist, went to check in, LH sees the waitlist, checked in, and 30 minutes later got cleared… which is best case scenario since the original UA flight was not going to clear anyways. I was pleasantly surprised.

This is a great data point. I wonder if it actually works essentially until boarding? Not planning to test it out though :-D

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