Although I have 463k miles in the UA Mileage Plus programme and close to 150k with DL, I am quite new to the game of cashing them in for air tickets or using them for upgrades. I've just kept flying and flying and have actually been very fortunate quite often to be upgraded without having to use any miles. I found this web site about two weeks ago and have been checking in every day since. One thing I am not quite clear on are some of the abreviations. Can someone please clarify what SWU's are? I've just recently booked a trip to Australia departing LAX on the 22nd of December and have requested to upgrade using my miles. I have been waitlisted for the upgrade and I was wondering if this is normal and if so what the chances are of a seat in J coming open. Are the upgrades using mileage always placed on a waitlist or are they sometimes confirmed even months in advance? Thank you to anyone who can answer this virgins questions.

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Hi Jetlag68 welcome to FT

You should probably post this in the United forum you'll get UA posters replying that way.

SWU is a paper (at this time) cert. they allow a one-way upgrade, good domestically or internationally, confirmed at time of booking. depending on the fare basis. Six of them are given (mailed)to 1K flyers at the beginning of the year.

You might want to check out this link.

http://www.mileagerunner.com/content...d/upgrades.asp

Thank you! No, with all the flying I do, I haven't actually done it with United and don't have any SWU's. I am assuming that with the roundtrip to Australia planned in December and being on UA, that I will receive a few of them. I actually am on the waitlist for J/C using what at the time required 25,000 miles and due to recent changes imagine will now cost me 30,000 miles.

Jetlag,

Welcome to Flyertalk. In order for your United related question to get more answers, I will be reproducing your thread in that forum.



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