*G via UA on LH flight - premium eco?

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Mar 8, 2017, 2:47 am

ranshe

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*G via UA on LH flight - premium eco?

Hi,
any chance of getting such upgrade?
It's Lisbon to Frankfurt to Los Angeles.

Thanks,

Mar 8, 2017, 2:58 am

ajeleonard

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Only as an op up. There's a chance, yes. Is it likely, no

Mar 8, 2017, 12:57 pm

SK AAR

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Close to zero. Dozens of pax (higher booking class, HON, SEN, FTL) will be ahead of you in the line for an op-upgrade.

Mar 8, 2017, 1:07 pm

Kacee

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ranshe

any chance of getting such upgrade?
It's Lisbon to Frankfurt to Los Angeles.

Just to be clear, upgrades are not a *G benefit. If the PE cabin is oversold, an op-up would be possible but this is an infrequent occurrence.

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Originally Posted by SK AAR

Close to zero. Dozens of pax (higher booking class, HON, SEN, FTL) will be ahead of you in the line for an op-upgrade.

That's an overstatement. *G do get op'ed up by LH on occasion. And a *G in PE pax would rank pretty high on the list.

Mar 8, 2017, 5:23 pm

laxman1960

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ranshe

Hi,
any chance of getting such upgrade?
It's Lisbon to Frankfurt to Los Angeles.

Thanks,

Highly unlikely...

Mar 9, 2017, 1:46 am

vbroucek

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ranshe

Hi,
any chance of getting such upgrade?
It's Lisbon to Frankfurt to Los Angeles.

Thanks,

LH is not UA

Mar 9, 2017, 10:08 am

SPlDER

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and LH PE is not UA E+ ;-p

Mar 11, 2017, 5:48 am

weero

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Originally Posted by vbroucek

LH is not UA

Given that 6 out of my 6 previous GPUs did not clear on UA, I'd say the probability on LH is a lot higher ....

Apr 4, 2017, 3:06 pm

dpy940307

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As a *G I've gotten a lot of op ups from Premium eco to business when flying Lufthansa. Although that could be because prem eco has very limited number of seats

Apr 5, 2017, 2:44 am

#10

trooper

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Location: Australia

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And given UA doesn't even give its E+ to other *G one has to wonder why a real Premium Economy would be offered to UA elites....

Just sayin......

Apr 5, 2017, 4:19 am

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Nic33

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ranshe

Hi,
any chance of getting such upgrade?
It's Lisbon to Frankfurt to Los Angeles.

Thanks,

I understand that you are asking whether there is a chance to get upgraded from Y to PE. The answers would be the same as those given from PE to C. However, a paid upgrade at the gate would not be outrageously expensive.