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Specific GPU and RPU usage questions thread
Sep 27, 2015, 10:43 am
#1456
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Nope. I believe you can only apply an RPU without upgrade space available outside of 24 hours. No waitlisting with an RPU inside of 24 hours.
Sep 27, 2015, 10:48 am
#1457
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Sep 27, 2015, 10:50 am
#1458
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However, were there to be R availability on another flight, I imagine you should be able to get the RPU cleared immediately on the new flight, right? (at least that's how it worked with a miles upgrade when I flew EWR-SEA earlier this year and SDC'ed onto a flight w/R=1)
Sep 27, 2015, 10:56 am
#1459
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Sep 27, 2015, 11:06 am
#1461
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R availability is tough to come by on a Sunday SFO - EWR flight and I would be surprised if there wereany available today. It doesn't hurt to get on the waitlist but these flights are so elite heavy that I think you will be too low on the list to clear - even as a 1K. There will be 1Ks who already got on the waitlist.
Sep 27, 2015, 11:10 am
#1462
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RPU will put you higher than CPU and at the same level as GPUs and miles-based upgrades. It's then ordered by fare class and time of request.
Sep 27, 2015, 12:03 pm
#1463
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That's the theory, but I don't know if it's ever been completely proven. And we know that the upgrade system doesn't always work as it should anyway (like when there's R inventory and nobody gets cleared).
Sep 27, 2015, 12:07 pm
#1464
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Oh that's interesting... it hasn't been proven vs CPUs? I thought it was vs miles upgrades that it was unproven.
Sep 27, 2015, 12:33 pm
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If the R stream gets stuck, CPUs will definitely clear before RPU/GPU. And even with no R inventory, I've had RPUs bypassed by CPU. Since there are so many bugs, there's no way to really tell how it's all supposed to work together.
Sep 27, 2015, 12:38 pm
#1466
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If they really try, an agent CAN apply a RPU within 24 hours and get you to your rightful spot on the waitlist. I have had this done in the past. I believe it involves unchecking you in and then rechecking you in, and I'm sure a few other buttons along the way. You have to find the right person. This happened to me recently after doing a SDC at the airport and, upon arriving at the gate, I explained the situation to the GA who then unchecked me in and did something that made me #1 on the upgrade list.
Sep 27, 2015, 2:53 pm
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Instant (Y/B/M) upgrades come before instruments. A silver on a B fare beats a 1K using a RPU or GPU.
Otherwise, Premier status comes ahead of fare class for upgrade priority.
And a non-GS will never be on the "same level" as a GS for upgrades.
Last edited by Kacee; Sep 27, 2015 at 3:08 pm
Sep 27, 2015, 3:02 pm
#1468
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In my experience RPU's when they do not clear will be redeposited back to your accouunt in a few days. Be alert and check that they are redeposited as sometime they are not and you will need MP to assist manually.
If you change flights as you did with SDC, the RPU does not follow your new itineary. You will need to apply a new one. If you only had 1 left from the flight that you changed from calling maybe able to assist. But SOP says to apply a new one and wait for the unused to be redeposited..
If you change flights as you did with SDC, the RPU does not follow your new itineary. You will need to apply a new one. If you only had 1 left from the flight that you changed from calling maybe able to assist. But SOP says to apply a new one and wait for the unused to be redeposited..
Sep 27, 2015, 9:14 pm
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Well, paranoid me check at least once a day, and all of sudden I see R=8
So I call, agent thinks a bit, then goes ahead and does u/g ^
An hour or two later, it's R=0 again, and on seatmap I see EXACTLY one less Biz seat taken
Hard to belive I was the only one on u/g list 
Now for MY QUESTION:
Withdrew my RPU for DFW-OGG, but now that my DFW-LAX cleared via CPU, am I safe in applying RPU and having it redeposited when it does not clear, since it's F=1 three days out.
Sep 28, 2015, 10:46 am
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Quick Question about Global Upgrades
My wife has 2 upgrades left in her account that expire right around the end of the year. Do those upgrades need to be USED by their expiration date, or just BOOOKED by their expiration date, and used at a later date?
Sorry if this information is somewhere, I couldn't find it!
Sorry if this information is somewhere, I couldn't find it!