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Old Jul 23, 2025 | 1:32 pm
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lamphs
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Originally Posted by lamphs
/rant...FYI

Gold, booked SJO IAH about 12 hrs ago for tomorrow AM. 15 booked of 16 seats. I've been #1 on the upgrade list (and the only one). Still no upgrade. I guess UA is waiting for one more paid F.

rant over/ lol

(I did have a text chat with an agent. Many apologies from him as he saw the list, but no explanation and nothing he could do.)
Originally Posted by VRFast
UA1447? Looks like you lucked out if you're CAS,C.
haha...was not CAS, C...I was LAM, S. CAS, S had been upgraded yesterday afternoon (when I first checked).

at check-in, the agent confirmed that I was still #1, and 1 seat was open, about T-75 and it would be handled at the gate.

I was at the gate, on time, for boarding. The app still showed 16 seats/15 booked/11 checked-in. I asked the GA about the upgrade. She told me that F was booked full, and, paraphrasing, she wished passengers wouldn't use the app as it is 'always inaccurate'.

That last F seat, 2C, was filled by a passenger at the very end of boarding.

Not a big deal. I barely make Gold each year. Most of my flying in hub to hub and I dont expect upgrades, so I was excited that I was so close (yet so far).

Last edited by lamphs; Jul 23, 2025 at 1:43 pm
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