EUA working too well?
Dec 30, 2002 | 7:58 am
#1
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EUA working too well?
I never thought i'd say it, but the EUA system seems to be working too well.
I'm a recently minted Gold, up from Silver for most of the year. I checked my email at work this morning to find that I was upgraded two nights ago (Sunday) for a Friday morning flight.
This seems to me to be the plat window, not gold. My account doesn't say anything about plat.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
I'm a recently minted Gold, up from Silver for most of the year. I checked my email at work this morning to find that I was upgraded two nights ago (Sunday) for a Friday morning flight.
This seems to me to be the plat window, not gold. My account doesn't say anything about plat.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
Dec 30, 2002 | 8:10 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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I, too, have noticed upgrades clearing earlier than my EUA window should open. I can trace this back to as far back as August.
Dec 30, 2002 | 9:51 am
#3
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Washington, DC USA
Programs: UA Gold
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Some of my flights clear way before my window and those flights tend to have a number of seats available in F at takeoff. Some of my seats clear at the airport and those are the flights that are packed in F. The only thing I can conclude is that they upgrade elites early if they feel they don't have a prayer of seeling the seats and they hold them for purchase if availability is limited. Just a guess
Dec 31, 2002 | 7:47 am
#4
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Cleveland, OH - CO Gold Elite/Marriott Rewards - Silver
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Just a couple of days ago, I had my upgrade processed over 2 days in advance as a Silver Elite. FC was full at take-off (as was the entire flight). It was actually the first time I had ever been upgraded as a Silver. Luckily, that flight qualified me as a Gold so hopefully I'll have better luck. The ironic part is that I actually gave it up at check-in b/c I was flying with my wife and couldn't get her upgraded so we took two in the bulkhead instead.
Dec 31, 2002 | 7:56 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by tvx:
The only thing I can conclude is that they upgrade elites early if they feel they don't have a prayer of seeling the seats and they hold them for purchase if availability is limited. </font>
The only thing I can conclude is that they upgrade elites early if they feel they don't have a prayer of seeling the seats and they hold them for purchase if availability is limited. </font>
Dec 31, 2002 | 8:06 am
#6
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Well I'm a gold and noticed exactly the opposite.
In fact, I haven't gotten one EUA notice prior to arriving to the airport ALL year.
This is the main reason I'm leaving CO and switching to NW.
In fact, I haven't gotten one EUA notice prior to arriving to the airport ALL year.
This is the main reason I'm leaving CO and switching to NW.
Dec 31, 2002 | 8:29 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by sgopal2:
Well I'm a gold and noticed exactly the opposite.
In fact, I haven't gotten one EUA notice prior to arriving to the airport ALL year.
This is the main reason I'm leaving CO and switching to NW.</font>
Well I'm a gold and noticed exactly the opposite.
In fact, I haven't gotten one EUA notice prior to arriving to the airport ALL year.
This is the main reason I'm leaving CO and switching to NW.</font>
Dec 31, 2002 | 11:43 am
#8
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 244
I went thru this when they first started then thought that the EUA window is Biz Days. And remember that certain fares do qualify for auto-upgrade at time of purchase (full fares).
So clearing this weekend for a Friday Flight might be in window depending on how many days this week are Biz Days. Surely 12/31 and 1/1 are not Biz Days to them
[This message has been edited by 200 ngts/ 200 legs/year (edited 12-31-2002).]
So clearing this weekend for a Friday Flight might be in window depending on how many days this week are Biz Days. Surely 12/31 and 1/1 are not Biz Days to them
[This message has been edited by 200 ngts/ 200 legs/year (edited 12-31-2002).]
Dec 31, 2002 | 4:04 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by sgopal2:
Well I'm a gold and noticed exactly the opposite.
In fact, I haven't gotten one EUA notice prior to arriving to the airport ALL year.
This is the main reason I'm leaving CO and switching to NW.</font>
Well I'm a gold and noticed exactly the opposite.
In fact, I haven't gotten one EUA notice prior to arriving to the airport ALL year.
This is the main reason I'm leaving CO and switching to NW.</font>
Robin
Jan 1, 2003 | 3:02 am
#10
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 306
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by NBP:
Just a couple of days ago, I had my upgrade processed over 2 days in advance as a Silver Elite. FC was full at take-off (as was the entire flight). It was actually the first time I had ever been upgraded as a Silver. Luckily, that flight qualified me as a Gold so hopefully I'll have better luck. The ironic part is that I actually gave it up at check-in b/c I was flying with my wife and couldn't get her upgraded so we took two in the bulkhead instead.</font>
Just a couple of days ago, I had my upgrade processed over 2 days in advance as a Silver Elite. FC was full at take-off (as was the entire flight). It was actually the first time I had ever been upgraded as a Silver. Luckily, that flight qualified me as a Gold so hopefully I'll have better luck. The ironic part is that I actually gave it up at check-in b/c I was flying with my wife and couldn't get her upgraded so we took two in the bulkhead instead.</font>
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Randy
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HH Gold; WN CP; NW Gold Elite
Jan 1, 2003 | 8:42 am
#11
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Cleveland, OH - CO Gold Elite/Marriott Rewards - Silver
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I tried to give it to my wife but she refused as well. It was only an hour flight (EWR-CLE) so besides drinking my Diet Coke from a plastic cup instead of a glass, I don't think we missed out on much.
Jan 1, 2003 | 8:51 pm
#12
Join Date: Oct 2000
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dbaker:
Do you put your onepass number in when you make a reservation?</font>
Do you put your onepass number in when you make a reservation?
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After reading FT for all these years, I made sure that this mistake would never happen to me.Seems that I just get stuck with all the flights with zero A inventory up until the day of departure.