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Old Jan 24, 2026 | 11:03 am
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Originally Posted by ExplorerWannabe
.. My family was notified early Tuesday morning that they were upgraded for the ORD-ZRH legs. In the meantime, I am still #2 on the waitlist for upgrades on that very same flight (over 9 seats available in Polaris today). As I said, I'm not worried about the upgrade with the number of seats left in Polaris and the truly off-season time of year but I do find United's algorithm puzzling (amusing?).
Assuming seperate tickets??
Goes anyone have UA branded credit card?
These were all the same fare class?
In what order did you apply the upgrade request?
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