Montereybay

what route: HKG-ORD 01/29
original fare bucket: Already upgraded to BF L>R using miles
price offered: $2,9XX (don't remember exact amount)
Where it was offered/accepted: OLCI, price never went down
Accept it? HA, no thanks.

JFox

Route: IAD-SFO
Original Fare Bucket: V
Price Offered: $46
PCU/UFC: UFC
Where it was Offered: Manage Reservations Screen


Accept it? Absolutely.

UA-NYC

Too funny - there's no cheap V-/Q-up currently published, and the o/w diff between V and M is ~310. Gotta love SHARES.

exerda

At least a 1K actually got the offer for once... still, $46 on that route (and from a V fare!) is downright ridiculous.

Clarkcc1

Wow - that's shameful. TOD if we've ever seen one!! Good job UA.

bocastephen

what route: SEA NRT 02/02 (old config 777)
original fare bucket: W to R using GPU
price offered: about $2,400 upgrade from C to F
Where it was offered/accepted: OLCI
Accept it? Sorry, I don't take drugs

Tried OLCI again and the offer is gone...but no change in seating (so no one else took it)...will keep poking at OLCI to see if the offer changes before we get to the airport....but unless it drops to about 800-900, this ain't happening...F class is not worth $5 per minute of flight time.

ctbarron

what route: SFO-LAX, 757-300
original fare bucket: G
price offered: $119 (one way ticket)
PCU/UFC? PCU
Where it was offered/accepted: just after booking

Accept it? No. It was a $69 base ticket, ~90 minute flight.

np05

what route: ORD BOS and back
original fare bucket: L and Q
price offered: $2,688 for both directions, original flight was $420 total both ways
Where it was offered/accepted: Post-purchase
Accept it? No. If I wanted to pay another 6x on top of my original price, I wouldve bought the first class tickets to begin with.

LarkSFO

I would pull your confirmation number from your post immediately.

1kBill

At booking:
Route: SNA-SFO-PHL Y -> F
Original fare bucket: G
Price offered: SNA-SFO @ $119 each way; SFO=PHL @ $539 each way
PCU/UFC? ?
Where it was offered: At booking.
Accepted/Declined: Declined; l applied and confirmed regional to return; outbound SFO-PHL would have been waitlisted

Each segment was offered individually.

After booking until today:
Route: SNA-SFO-PHL Y -> F
Original fare bucket: G
Price offered: SNA-SFO-PHL @ $526 each way
PCU/UFC? ?
Where it was offered: Buy-up screen when checking itinerary.
Accepted/Declined: Declined

After booking starting today:
Route: SNA-SFO-PHL Y -> F
Original fare bucket: G
Price offered: SNA-SFO-PHL @ $601
PCU/UFC? ?
Where it was offered: Buy-up screen when checking itinerary.
Accepted/Declined: Declined

SHARES "dynamics" at work!

bocastephen

The $2400 offer remained throughout the checkin-in attempts and when we inquired about an upgrade with the club agent, she quoted the same amount, leading me to believe this was a fare difference buy-up vs a segment upgrade offer - so, the F cabin ended up half full with nonrevs

Had they made a more reasonable offer, the F cabin would have been potentially filled with actual incremental revenue

LAXOGG

what route:LHE-LAX 02/03 (New Config UA 777)
original fare bucket: W to R using GPU
price offered: $619 C to F
Where it was offered/accepted: OLCI and post checkin

Would you take it? Have 1 hour to decide. In *A lounge now.

bocastephen

you're in Lahore? or London? If the latter, I'd jump on that upgrade - my SO would have gone from C to F on the NRT flight in a beat for that offer.

LAXOGG

E is next to R on the keyboard......you are correct, I'm at LHR......so you would jump on it......correct?

whimike

I would jump on it, but it really depends on how you value your money and UA F.