Originally Posted by
Kiwi Flyer
Why are you singling out upgrades? The same applies for awards. The same applies in other alliances (eg compare QFF with AAdvantage award costs).
I singled out upgrades because this is something that *A has rolled out as a major benefit, and something that OW does not offer (AFAIK).
Interestingly I just went back to the UA page to look again
here and now it has in big bold letters they are not accepting *A upgrade requests. Perhaps the system has a few flaws that they are trying to iron out?