fjfv19

Beat me to the punch. I've seen some other routes with crazy lists, IAD<->SAN coming to mind immediately. The chaos in the gate area on the SAN-IAD route due to the SAN terminal layout is absurd, compounded by the new boarding process.

That being said, to the OP's point, I've rarely seen lists that large to/from Florida in particular. It can happen with conventions in MIA/FLL but RSW is usually a free trip up front. Unfortunate timing of the flight I suppose.

mnmme

Unless the Art Festival is THE art festival of the world, not buying that one.

I started this because there were 16 on the UG list prior to T24. Can't see people flying from Asia to the Fort Myers art festival.

Could be wrong but can't believe there are lot's of elites that are Art festival groupies.

Seattle is a business hub and 10 times the size of Ft.Myers so equates!

ZipaDeeDoDah

Thanks for the info, aacharya, but I guess I am destined to never understand this process clearly. I thought finally I had it down pat after inquiring on another thread, and even exchanging PMs with someone who was familiar with the correct procedure. In a nutshell I had a situation travelling with my partner, who is GS, on the same PNR. We were waitlisted for a CPU. Got to the airport and for some reason the ticket agent re-issued our BPs. She had already told my companion he was near the top of the list and would almost certainly get the UP. After he left, and as I was about to she said my UG prospects were very low. I didn't know any better and assumed that was fine. Got to the gate and my companion was called for his UP; the GA seemed surprised we were travelling together as the ticket agent had separated our PNR's. She said that shouldn't have happened, apologized, and upgraded us both. My companion later said this was correct and that the ticket agent had made a mistake. On another thread I was told it was the ticket agent who had actually followed the correct procedure, and that only one of us should have been upgraded (I was way down the list). It was explained that the GA had simply done us a favor, although she clearly said at the time we should have remained on the same PNR (with same UG status).

exerda

They could be pax connecting from the West coast on red-eyes. There are several such red-eyes (from SEA, SFO, LAX, at a minimum; I didn't check others) which get into IAH in time to connect onward to RSW.

I think it's possible some could also be non-revs--do they appear on both the standby and upgrade lists?

alex_b

Yes they appear on both, as would any paid-F or elite standbys.

exerda

Oh, I knew that. I was asking the OP if any of the 16 appear on both lists.

aacharya

Weird. You should be right behind the GS on the UG list on the outbound, no question. The ticket agent/kiosk will separate the PNRs, which ruins your return a little bit. But it is what is done, good/bad/indifferently.

fjfv19

You'd be surprised! Art shows take place all throughout the world and the people that attend those shows tend to rack up quite a bit of miles. A good friend attending the show is 1K from solely business travel. For example, if you were to attend all the Art Basel shows (well known Modern art show) in a year and live in NYC, you would hit HKG (16,131 mi rt), MIA (2,171 mi rt) and BSL (7,798 mi rt), for over 26,000 miles. A few more trips to Asia and Europe for trade shows and you're a high level elite. As I pointed out, I was on a flight to FLL during the SoBe show and I ended up 11th on the upgrade list as a 1K.

I'll reiterate - it is surprising to see such a deep upgrade list insofar as the flight is to Florida and RSW in particular. However, for an art show which attracts 50,000+ people and peak travel season in Florida, it is not totally out of the question.

Enjoy the sun in SW Florida, looks like a fine few days weather wise.

malgudi

How are people able to check in more than 24 hours ahead of departure? I see this all the time on the UA app

ksingh0311

Because those flights are downstream of a multi-flight itin. I have checked in to flights that are >30 hours to departures, but the first connecting flight is within the 24 hour timepoint.

Baze

The second or third (or more) segment of a multi segment itinerary? Leg after a LONG international flight? It is 24 hours before first segment so many ways to check in prior to 24 hours.

exerda

2 ways that I know of: (1) connecting flights; and (2) time zone bug w/r/t flights leaving from more-western time zones after what would be midnight in IAH. I've had the latter bug offer me check-in around 48 hours before departure on an ANC-SEA-IAD itin, for example.

Neil35

When I had TPAC flights I checked in at T-24 of the first segment which is around T-40 of the last segment.

Also I recently had a same-day turn of TCON trip and was able to check in for both outbound and inbound at the same time--around T-40 for the first inbound segment. Never experienced that before, just this one time.

malgudi

Thanks for the replies.

This was for SFO-FRA tomorrow (10/28), dep 1:50p. There were folks checked in by 6am today.

dsauch

I just did a quick single day run to SF, arriving at 10am from east coast, and going back at 10:30pm. The flights were treated as separate for RPU purposes.
However checking in outbound put put me into upgrade queue on return flight and I got the tickets. Not complaining - used RPU out and cleared CPU back.