Originally Posted by
JS_SFO
I can't speak to how it was treated a decade ago, but I am quite sure that since 2020 that I have been flying IAH-UIO regularly, it has not been CPU-eligible. I'm not sure exactly when the change happened, but it is quite recent for both Colombia and Ecuador - I flew both UIO-IAH and IAH-BOG in September 2024 and neither was CPU-eligible (and I was flying alone, so no issues with multiple non-Premier companions).
I did a little bit more digging and found some evidence that the Northern South America CPUs that I remembered did, in fact, get removed even though they never became Polaris routes, and, to your point, have now been reinstated.
My apologies.
Originally Posted by
JS_SFO
During these past few years an upgrade for an itinerary from UIO to any US destination has cost 20 PP.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, apparently these flights were not RPU-eligible during the CPU interregnum — you had to use a GPU. So 20 PlusPoints is, comparatively, a deal.