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Oct 17, 2024 | 5:02 am

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Originally Posted by UnitedHostage (Post # 219)

Are Tuesdays and Saturdays generally the best days to fly if you care about upgrades? I know it’s dependent on many other factors as well but I have been booking on Wednesdays when I want to clear upgrades.

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Originally Posted by jsloan (Post # 220)

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays are the lowest travel days for most destinations. However, airlines take that into account to some extent, and you’ll often see reduced schedules on those days (particularly Saturday). [Emphasis added.]

Those days comport with my experience almost four decades ago as a UA Reservations Sales Representative for a couple of years.

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