NO EUA yet?
Dec 31, 2010 | 6:43 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: CLE
Programs: HH Diamond,PC Plat,MR Lifetme Titanium,Ex-CO Plat,UA 1K
Posts: 98
NO EUA yet?
Moderators, please feel free to join this to another relevant thread if you wish.
I'm flying CLE-IAH this Sunday. At T-2 there are 7 seats booked in F out of 20. I know my OP stuff says Plats should start getting upgrades at 5 days out, but so far nothing happening. Is this something new again?
I'm flying CLE-IAH this Sunday. At T-2 there are 7 seats booked in F out of 20. I know my OP stuff says Plats should start getting upgrades at 5 days out, but so far nothing happening. Is this something new again?
Dec 31, 2010 | 7:05 am
#2
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: IAD
Programs: UA Gold, Marriott Rewards - LTPP
Posts: 4,242
EUAs are capacity controlled, so just because there are X number of F seats does not mean they are all available for EUA. In fact, many people have seen EUAs much later in the window (at T-1 or T-2 days) or even at the gate (battlefield). As long as your onepass number is on the reservation rest assured you're in line for the upgrade. Don't forget that higher fare plats and all presidential plats will get the EUA before you.
Dec 31, 2010 | 7:08 am
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: CLE
Programs: HH Diamond,PC Plat,MR Lifetme Titanium,Ex-CO Plat,UA 1K
Posts: 98
Thanks for getting back to me. I realize all that about the capacity controls, but I wonder if the policy has changed since the merger. Always used to get the upgrades at T-5, even CLE-IAH.
Dec 31, 2010 | 8:26 am
#4
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: DCA
Programs: UA LT 1K, AA EXP, Marriott LT Titan, Avis PC, Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,922
I am in the same boat. 9 empty F out of 16 for Sunday. Coach has been FULL for over a week or more. The 7 sold F seats out of 16 has been the same for over a week with no change. CO is still holding out for more F or Y/B ups. CO knows they can always bump up folks to F - even though coach is oversold. Let's see if they do T-24 EUA??
Dec 31, 2010 | 9:45 am
#6
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Jersey
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Lifetime PLT
Posts: 1,158
The policy hasn't changed. they just hold the inventory and try to sell those tix first if they think they can. And if the don't, they will process the list accordingly.
Dec 31, 2010 | 10:29 am
#7
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Austin
Programs: 1K MM, Hilton Lifetime Diamond, AA Exec. Plat
Posts: 404
The frustrating part about all of this is the unpredictability. Sometimes you get your EUA at t-5, and sometimes you don't
Dec 31, 2010 | 10:33 am
#8
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Between AUS, EWR, and YTO In a little twisty maze of airline seats, all alike.. but I wanna go home with the armadillo
Programs: CO, NW, & UA forum moderator emeritus. Eurobonus Millionaire
Posts: 38,651
What is happening is simple. C
is trying to sell upgrades to people for tens of dollars. If they fail to do so, you'll be given the upgrade for free as one of their tp customers.
is trying to sell upgrades to people for tens of dollars. If they fail to do so, you'll be given the upgrade for free as one of their tp customers.
Dec 31, 2010 | 11:22 am
#10
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: CLL
Programs: MS Plat, AOR ninja
Posts: 2,177
yuppers. Ma and Pa Kettle may decide to splurge on their ticket and spend $79 at checkin to get the first class seats, as a special treat. They will be rewarded for their once-per-14-years flight with Continental with a nice discounted price for first. You, OP, will go sit in your coach seat that you selected when buying your ticket. Even though you've already spent $12K with CO this year....
Dec 31, 2010 | 11:24 am
#11
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 7,541
yuppers. Ma and Pa Kettle may decide to splurge on their ticket and spend $79 at checkin to get the first class seats, as a special treat. They will be rewarded for their once-per-14-years flight with Continental with a nice discounted price for first. You, OP, will go sit in your coach seat that you selected when buying your ticket. Even though you've already spent $12K with CO this year....
Everything goes back to 0!OnePass Elite Level: Platinum
Star Alliance Elite Level: Gold
2011 Elite Mileage: 0
2011 Elite Points: 0
Dec 31, 2010 | 12:15 pm
#12
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: DCA
Programs: UA LT 1K, AA EXP, Marriott LT Titan, Avis PC, Hilton Gold
Posts: 9,922
The problem becomes after T-24 if CO does clear upgrades at that time. Then there is the chance for all kinds of shenanigans going on. There are bugs in the CO system for all these buy ups, etc. so holding off the upgrades after T-24 complicates things and makes people unhappy. CO has sold any additional F seats (or Y/B ups) in the past couple of weeks. One would think that on Sun Jan 2nd - not too many business travelers. They are likely starting on Monday Jan 3rd.
Dec 31, 2010 | 12:32 pm
#13
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Bay Area, CA
Programs: UA Plat 2MM; AS MVP Gold 75K
Posts: 35,092
That's unusual, though, since that Y oversell benefit is not very well known (people probably just pick another flight or carrier). You would think it would be in CO's interests to keep a few Y seats open in an F9 situation (i.e., undersell F to sell more Y if that's what they want to do).
Dec 31, 2010 | 12:47 pm
#14
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Austin, TX
Programs: AA LT Plat, UA 1k/1mm+, National EE, IC Plat, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 2,605
Dec 31, 2010 | 2:18 pm
#15
Join Date: May 2005
Programs: Million Miler, 1K - Basically spend a lot of time on planes
Posts: 2,202
People on this board complain when it's $500, and they complain when it's $50. The rhetoric on here from some of you implies that they will sell an EWR-LAX buyup to someone for $39 dollars and it just doesn't happen. For me, I've seen zero impact from this program.