Originally Posted by
citrixscu
Has anyone tried upgrading from C to F using United PlusPoints? Flying SFO-NRT in 'The Room' later this month but won't get a PlusPoints deposit until next week, so I cannot even see if this is an option; UAL has a page specific to request an ANA upgrade using PP. I tried submitting a MileagePlus upgrade form, but got the 'The traveler has the same name as an existing traveler on this flight.', which I've seen people encounter on EVA, etc. Itinerary booked on a United 016x ticket, D,Z fare buckets.
On this topic, I still encountered problems using PlusPoints to request an upgrade. I called UAL a few, different times and they noted each time that I would have to convert my ticket from the UA[NH]7949 016x codeshare to the ANA "prime flight", NH7,8 etc. to put in for the upgrade. In doing so, I would lose out on a large amount of PQP because the partner cap would set in, so I left things as-is and guess I'll book NH another time to try again.