Originally Posted by OnePassenger (Post 18770911)

FDo I have to look out for R, RN, P, or PN to become available for the upgrade to clear? Thanks so much!

Originally Posted by astroflyer (Post 18771790)

So as others have mentioned RN (the elite upgrade bucket, which is closely related to R) is the one that your upgrade will come out of.

Originally Posted by woofly (Post 18848738)

Okay thrown for a loop on this one.... using Booked M out and back to IAH-IAD-DXB all UA metal. 1k PN clears for IAH -IAD legs at booking. Wait-list DXB segments using GPUs and have set EF alerts looking for R and RN availability.

Took a peak today and DXB-IAD (UA977 on 7/19) is showing PN availability on a TATL. My understanding was PN only clears for TCON. Should I be calling 1K desk asking them to force GPU or is that a waste of time.

Sorry if this has been covered in the thread but can't quite follow the post 3/3 level of __N's and other fare rules.

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 18772275)

RN is not in use yet..

Originally Posted by ajhun9 (Post 18850147)

I used miles to book into X/XN and a GPU for an upgrade to BF. It cleared into RN for whatever that's worth.

Originally Posted by 1cericks (Post 18975577)

Trying to understand Y-Upgrades. My mother is looking to fly BWI-BCN (Barcelona). She is a Premier Silver. If she purchases a Y fare ticket and the flight shows J4, does that mean it will automatically upgrade her to First (2-class 757 cabin)? Specific flight is August 9th, UA120. Thanks

Originally Posted by GrizShel (Post 19066215)

....
And - RPUs are represented by the R0 or RN0 buckets, correct? ...

Originally Posted by GrizShel (Post 19066215)

....Does the original booking class on this make any difference? (i.e., does a full fare Y ticket get upgraded before a discount economy ticket? ....

Originally Posted by sfonorth (Post 19081314)

Any suggestions on how to best secure a roundtrip upgrade to C with R inventory 330 days in advance. I'm looking at flights from SFO to NRT/TPE or SFO to FRA/LHR next summer. It looks like R inventory opens up 330 days out but then disappears about a week later.

The only way I can see to secure the R inventory on the roundtrip is to buy two one-way tickets at the 330 day point. But this is usually more expensive than buying a roundtrip ticket.

I assume they don't let you "hold" the outbound inventory until you book your return.

Originally Posted by drewguy (Post 19081381)

If you're consistently seeing R inventory opening at Day 330, why not book and confirm outbound upgrade and then wait until T-330 on return and call in to confirm upgrade? I realize there's a risk the upgrade space won't actually appear--is that the concern?

Originally Posted by sfonorth (Post 19081431)

For a short trip, this would work but I'm planning a 3 week trip and the upgrade space disappears after a week or so. By the time the T-330 on the return can be purchased, the outbound has no more availability. For less popular flights, it's not a problem but Asia/Europe can be a problem.

If UA wouldn't price the one-ways so much higher than the roundtrips.

Originally Posted by milemonkey (Post 19114585)

I've seen where Fare Class shows R and RN as -0- but what does it mean if there is not even an R or RN code listed? Does it mean there will not be any upgrade available or may it get added later?

Originally Posted by GrizShel (Post 19093783)

Won't some upgrade space usually appear closer to departure for most flights?

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 19116807)

Maybe, maybe not. And there may be others waitlisted for the upgrades so it opens and is immediately taken by those on the waitlist so you'd never see it anyways. Or the company will sell the seats and never open the upgrades.

Originally Posted by GrizShel (Post 19118993)

I have an alert for this on ExpertFlyer - is that the best way to maximize chances of grabbing a seat? (Sounds like from your reply that the upgrades rarely get automatically applied).

Originally Posted by joedish (Post 19119791)

For travel including (i.e. to, from, or wholly within) Region 2, a GPU may be used to upgrade from: United Business - C, D; United Economy - Y, B, E, M, U, H, Q, V, W. For travel wholly within Region 1, a GPU may also be used to upgrade from booking classes: United Economy - S, T, K, L.

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 19119574)

The best way to maximize chances is to waitlist for it. When the system is working properly - and it actually does some times ;) - the upgrade inventory never shows up to the GDS so no alerts will trigger. If it isn't working properly - which also happens some times - then having the alert will allow you to call in and have the agent process the request.

Originally Posted by GoPUBoilers (Post 19119784)

W and higher for tickets booked in Economy. Any business fare other than Z in Business for 3-cabin aircraft.

Originally Posted by davewang202 (Post 19120180)

What happened to G? :)

Originally Posted by UA Insider (Post 19272966)

Hi Everyone,

Later this evening we’ll be making a change on united.com that will remove the ability to see the specific allocation of seat inventory made to each Fare Class (this is the Fare Class hyperlink found in the right-most column when searching for flights or viewing itinerary details). I know that this is a popular feature for many of you here – in fact, we liked it too. But, it wasn’t without issues. Specifically, for many customers who are not as familiar with the ins and outs of fare structures, there was often room for this information to be misinterpreted. It also left the door open for undesired exposure that allowed automated scripts to scrape and re-display information in ways for which it was not intended.

That said, we have great appreciation for the transparency this information offered. For example, having a better understanding of how full a flight is, along with knowing how many other customers want to upgrade on a flight, can be critical in deciding whether to pay to guarantee a seat immediately, use mileage to upgrade, hold out to see if a space-available upgrade will clear or select another flight all together. We are committed to improving transparency around this. But, instead of simply exposing fare class inventory (which is quite confusing to most customers), we are working on better ways to share this more meaningful information. You’ll see one new feature added with this release and even more changes that work toward this effort in future releases.

Shannon Kelly
Director, Customer Insights
United Airlines

Originally Posted by vnatraj (Post 19284570)

Is the greasemonkey script working on .bomb now? I don't seem to be able to see any fare bucket availability anymore.

Originally Posted by dmbfan222 (Post 19289302)

Edit: Now it appears to be gone, but it was definitely available 15min ago when I called and was available after I hung up as well.

Originally Posted by dmbfan222 (Post 19289302)

I called and asked them to clear it manually and they said they couldn't.

Originally Posted by cocaine (Post 19289874)

"Couldn't" as in, they didn't see the R space? OR
"Wouldn't" as in, they could see the R space, but would not perform the manual override?