I think this is evidence that it is not TOD related (not just your post, but others getting upgraded at T-24-27 or whatever. The supposed TODs only happen during the check-in process. Prior to that, upgrades are almost always HODs. (And of course we can debate whether TODs really exist or not). So by clearing all the upgrades prior to T-24 they're not even giving themselves the opportunity to sell TODs.

I do 100% agree with the seat assignment problem though. Would be nice if CO could get their act together on this.

Let's not debate whether they exist or not - they clearly do. Not everyone gets them, they aren't totally consistent, but there's plenty of evidence of F buy-ups that are clearly much less than the difference of a low-ball fare and a M or B.

Agree that they COULD be smarter, IF they want to sell TODs, by not filling up an empty F cabin with EUAs right at T-24. ;)

Definately something is still going on, tuesday's flight 1677 is wide open yet no upgrades, can't even use CR1's or SWU.

I said whether they really exist. Not like some sporadic Nessie sightings. And we're talking about in situations where they take precedent over elite upgrades; TODs are completely kosher when all elites have been upgraded. Lastly, we also know about at least one upgrade offer that was actually a technical glitch, so there could be others that would never actually go through.

This happens all the time.

Adding to the List of Suspect Flights

CO1117 (10/25) EWR-MCO 11:15AM was 18/24 open since I booked my trip 3 weeks ago.

At today's T-60 we are still 18/24 with no EUA's run to date.

I'm flying SAT-IAH-MFE tomorrow (41 hours out). The upgrade situation?
Edited to add: both upgrades cleared in the 24-27 hour window. On IAH-MFE, it looks like the entire front cabin filled up at once.

T-48 no EUA's run. PDA page says 1 of 5 booked upgraded - I'm assuming that's a reward upgrade since seat map never changed since 3 weeks out.

T-27 to T-24 will be interesting - if Rev Mgmt opens anything up.

Flying SAT-IAH-ORD-ROA tomorrow.

SAT-IAH cleared just before 24 hr window, and looks like everyone got upgraded at once.

IAH-ORD I am now #10 on the list (this flight was booked 14/16, so little chance anyway). When checking in, I was offered upgrade for $99 per flight. I didn't click on it to see if it would work, but it was offered.

So, is there any indication when or if it will be fixed? This has really gone on a lot longer than seems reasonable, and one has to wonder if this is they way CO/UA wants it to be. Hopefully not. Unfortunately, what options are there - as other airlines come with their own set of issues (which is probably what CO/UA is hoping for).

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Same here. Scheduled to fly phx-iah-msy tomorrow departing phx at 7.25 am. At 6 am this morning got the ug notice for both legs. Checked on line and it looks like everyone got dumped into F at once. What is going with CO IT?

I checked in online at T-23h:55min. I was offered an upgrade option for $99 - an hour earlier it was still $570. Once the check-in process was done, I was EUAd on upgraded on the spot. My upgrade for the return ran at T-30h.

This is turning into quite the magical "glitch" for CO.

Some still don't believe that EUA isn't running til T-24, or that the price of a M/B buy-up is magically dropping at T-24 and turning into a TOD...amazing.

I think the two are interlinked. I think the issue is still out there. My guess is that old reservations that would upgrade to R are getting intertwined with those meant to upgrade to RN. EUA chokes on this but at check-in it frees up both buckets.

The TOD thing could be the system thinking that all elites have been upgraded but it sees seats open so it offers them. Then check-in runs for someone and it clears the TOD.

I'm just guessing. Either way, it needs to be fixed.

The problem is that this whole issue has shown CO a new way of doing business, call it a nice little test (be it planned or unplanned) - and I'm guessing "they're going to like the changes"

Seems reasonable. An update from UA Insider would be nice though.

or that :rolleyes: