Jul 20, 2013, 6:22 pm
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This is an archived thread, the active thread is UA Upsell Offers to Business/First/PP at Purchase and Day of Departure (TOD)
UA Upsell Offers to Business/First at Purchase and Day of Departure (TOD) [Archive]
Jan 10, 2015, 2:28 pm
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1/30/15 both me (1K) and Mrs PV (no status) are booked SMF-DEN-GRR in fare class L. The tickets are on separate PNR booked about two weeks apart. My buy up offer from reservation page - $658. Hers - $209.
Jan 10, 2015, 2:31 pm
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Jan 10, 2015, 2:35 pm
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The cost of the round trips was within $5 of each other. Slightly different fare codes. Hers may have a linked UPDI and mine not but more likely they're offering her the UPDI and me the M-UP. The cost of an M roughly aligns with this explanation.
Jan 10, 2015, 2:52 pm
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Jan 10, 2015, 3:07 pm
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For fun you could take your MP number out of the reservation and add a random no status *A one and see what your buy up changes to.
Jan 10, 2015, 4:19 pm
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With UA IT, one should always give credence to the possibility of system dysfunction
Now, the failure to fix a known problem, that's a different issue.
Jan 15, 2015, 3:48 pm
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Nice to be leading for a change...from DL forum
Originally Posted by teCh0010 View Post
When they try to sell me an upgrade at check in, inside the window, it really pisses me off.
The three things that have me shopping for another airline are FCM, the changes to same day confirmed, and removing EC seats as a benefit for gold.
Just read the TOD's (tens of dollars) threads over on the UA forum. This is one area that DL is actually copying UA instead of the other way around. On UA, if I don't clear at the window, you can be sure I'll see a buy-up offer until all seats are sold. Very rare to get a gate upgrade on UA. Much more common at DL (for now).
When they try to sell me an upgrade at check in, inside the window, it really pisses me off.
The three things that have me shopping for another airline are FCM, the changes to same day confirmed, and removing EC seats as a benefit for gold.
Just read the TOD's (tens of dollars) threads over on the UA forum. This is one area that DL is actually copying UA instead of the other way around. On UA, if I don't clear at the window, you can be sure I'll see a buy-up offer until all seats are sold. Very rare to get a gate upgrade on UA. Much more common at DL (for now).
Feb 4, 2015, 3:25 pm
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2/5/15, UA869 (SFO-HKG), Offered at OLCI, $1369 (R to ?), 1K.
2/5/15, UA239 (LAX-SFO), Offered at OLCI, $89 (W to R?), 1K
Not exactly sure about the fare difference as it's a through RT JFK-HKG W Fare. For that kind of distance, ORD-HKG is borderline ok, SFO-HKG? Nah...
2/5/15, UA239 (LAX-SFO), Offered at OLCI, $89 (W to R?), 1K
Not exactly sure about the fare difference as it's a through RT JFK-HKG W Fare. For that kind of distance, ORD-HKG is borderline ok, SFO-HKG? Nah...
Feb 4, 2015, 3:56 pm
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$13xx is standard for the R to GF buy-up on a TPAC.
I'd love to know what class it books into. Probably ON. But if it goes into A, that would be a really nice bump in miles (at least for the next 24 days).
I'd love to know what class it books into. Probably ON. But if it goes into A, that would be a really nice bump in miles (at least for the next 24 days).
Feb 4, 2015, 4:05 pm
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By the time of the return trip, my status had dropped from 1K to Silver. My buy up offer on the DEN-SMF return segment was $109 (GRR-DEN sold out). Mrs PV was offered $89 for this segment.
Feb 4, 2015, 4:09 pm
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I did it once to Shanghai. In the MP record, it shows as "ZP"
United 857-ZP class
San Francisco-Shanghai 6,168 9,252 15,420 9,252 1.5
Feb 4, 2015, 9:18 pm
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2/3 LAX EWR online check in $1249.00 one way.
Stayed in Y with 2 empty seats next to me. Very comfortable. Y was wide open, almost everybody had 3 seats to themselves.
Just purchased another LAX EWR - upon completion of ticketing, offered $1249 to upgrade. Of course I didnt' take it. After finishing ticketing, went into the reservation under upgrade, and it dropped to appox $800 3 minutes later.
Stayed in Y with 2 empty seats next to me. Very comfortable. Y was wide open, almost everybody had 3 seats to themselves.
Just purchased another LAX EWR - upon completion of ticketing, offered $1249 to upgrade. Of course I didnt' take it. After finishing ticketing, went into the reservation under upgrade, and it dropped to appox $800 3 minutes later.
Feb 4, 2015, 10:22 pm
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So AA seems to be catching on to the TOD gig.
Feb 4, 2015, 10:43 pm
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The only difference being that both DL/AA clear all the elites waiting for upgrade before selling the TOD. United could have 45 GS members on the waitlist and sell the seats for peanuts to a non elite member.
Feb 5, 2015, 9:11 am
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The presence of the sign doesn't mean upgrades are available and most times they haven't been. It's there letting people know it may be available.