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GPU Failure Report [ARCHIVE]
May 5, 2013, 7:55 am
#76
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and given you need a critical mass to have been checked in before a reasonable picture starts to emerge, depending on flight, is not really relevant until 8-6-4-? hours prior to flight. Plus one needs to realize the there is, especially for domestic flights, a separate, parallel upgrade process running. The display list to be used at the gate (battlefield) and not the 'invisible" pre-gate list. (anticipating a question -- there are differences in the two list but lack of transparency the nature of those differences are fuzzy)
May 5, 2013, 8:10 am
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and given you need a critical mass to have been checked in before a reasonable picture starts to emerge, depending on flight, is not really relevant until 8-6-4-? hours prior to flight. Plus one needs to realize the there is, especially for domestic flights, a separate, parallel upgrade process running. The display list to be used at the gate (battlefield) and not the 'invisible" pre-gate list. (anticipating a question -- there are differences in the two list but lack of transparency the nature of those differences are fuzzy)
May 5, 2013, 9:35 am
#78
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1. route SFO-PEK
2. date May 13
3. fare class W
4. Y-C
BF is full. GPU did not clear.
2. date May 13
3. fare class W
4. Y-C
BF is full. GPU did not clear.
May 5, 2013, 9:39 am
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May 5, 2013, 10:16 am
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Edited to add: I just checked UA889 May 13 SFO-PEK. Availability is F5 J5 Y9. Although as UA Gold, your upgrade chances may not be the best.
Last edited by restlessinRNO; May 5, 2013 at 10:28 am
May 5, 2013, 4:46 pm
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A Gold when using a GPU, if provided by an 1K/GS, will carry the sponsors status.
May 6, 2013, 5:09 pm
#82
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May 6, 2013, 5:53 pm
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Flying IAD-BRU next week, booked in early March with a W Fare and GPU waitlisted. Always had heard this was an easy flight to clear so never worried too much despite R class never opening up (according to ExperFlyer). One week out and it's down to J5, Y4 with surrounding dates all between J0-J5 and Y0-Y6. Not too optimistic, especially given the tendency for government tickets to not book until a week or less before departure :/ Will be my first ever instrument supported upgrade to fail.
At least the return (via EWR) cleared at booking.
At least the return (via EWR) cleared at booking.
May 6, 2013, 9:46 pm
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Let's hope stuff opens up because it's a long flight! According to the flight status page, it says that there's 51 of 52 seats now taken and the fare bucks do say J5 but C1. I think J includes F?
May 6, 2013, 10:34 pm
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They are probably overselling the J cabin. Lets say your flight is F4 J5 C1, with 51 seats taken. UA can sell 5 J Tickets even though only 1 seat is remaining in that cabin because they know there are people either using upgrade instruments or that they could op-up in to F if needed. If they sell a full seat in F the flight would probably go to F3 J4 C1, etc.
May 7, 2013, 1:29 am
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GPU failure. NRT-IAH 4/21 y to C on a B fare on a 2-cabin 777 
May 7, 2013, 1:44 am
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My flight is on may 10, 2013. sin-nrt, w fare, use gpu two months ago. From the seat map, only 4 seats left, any chance?
May 8, 2013, 5:28 am
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failure due to crew rest blocking
Here is one I never saw before.
EWR->FRA
mobile says 2 seats remain in BF. I'm #2 using a GPU. The doors are about to close and I ask about the upgrade. I'm told (by several FA's) that 2 seats in BF are blocked for crew rest. I've never seen BF seats blocked like that. Especially 2 on a short 7 hour flight. Am I wrong to complain?
EWR->FRA
mobile says 2 seats remain in BF. I'm #2 using a GPU. The doors are about to close and I ask about the upgrade. I'm told (by several FA's) that 2 seats in BF are blocked for crew rest. I've never seen BF seats blocked like that. Especially 2 on a short 7 hour flight. Am I wrong to complain?
May 12, 2013, 4:58 pm
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They are probably overselling the J cabin. Lets say your flight is F4 J5 C1, with 51 seats taken. UA can sell 5 J Tickets even though only 1 seat is remaining in that cabin because they know there are people either using upgrade instruments or that they could op-up in to F if needed. If they sell a full seat in F the flight would probably go to F3 J4 C1, etc.