CPUs improving ?
Apr 18, 2013 | 12:42 pm
#241
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Similar to IAD. It is a key hub for international connections. So you have a # of paid F seats on domestic flights that are taken right off the bat by corporate travelers flying TPAC in paid C international. Similarly SFO is the major airport for high tech and other O/D traffic so again you have paid C flying East or South in F to connect to TATL or South America flights. So you start with a lower # of remaining seats for upgrades. You can see this by checking the seat maps at T-7 days - many seats already gone in F.
Then you take the huge # of GS in SF, not to mention 1Ks, and the result is that every hub-hub flight has dozens of elites in the cattle car. Your only real shot is flying at a real offpeak time or to a 2nd-tier destination.
Then you take the huge # of GS in SF, not to mention 1Ks, and the result is that every hub-hub flight has dozens of elites in the cattle car. Your only real shot is flying at a real offpeak time or to a 2nd-tier destination.
Case in point : i'm sked on EWR-SFO tomorrow (fri) early evening on 73G .... 11 out of 12 F seats filled, but not a single person listed under the "upgraded" section on UA.com.
Apr 20, 2013 | 3:28 pm
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As a Gold member I hardly every get CPUs, however, that changed for me this week. I was upgraded on the following flights, all at least 24-48 hours prior to departure on a G fare:
Tuesday- ORD-IAH- 7:35AM
Thursday- IAH-LAS- 7:30AM
Saturday- LAS-ORD- 8:30AM
I couldn't believe the first two, the last one wasn't too surprising. FWIW, perhaps the CPUs are improving.
-Ualisthebst
Tuesday- ORD-IAH- 7:35AM
Thursday- IAH-LAS- 7:30AM
Saturday- LAS-ORD- 8:30AM
I couldn't believe the first two, the last one wasn't too surprising. FWIW, perhaps the CPUs are improving.
-Ualisthebst
Apr 20, 2013 | 3:36 pm
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Apr 20, 2013 | 3:45 pm
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On my trip last month I got upgraded on a A319 (as a Silver) and missed the 757...go figure.
Apr 20, 2013 | 4:17 pm
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I have a CPU question about my flight tomorrow evening (UA 276 ORD-FLL) The mobile app shows 7 FC seats taken on the A320 plus 4 blocked. Why would those seats be blocked on a domestic flight?
Apr 20, 2013 | 4:52 pm
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What do you mean by "blocked"? I'm not seeing any blocked seats in either of the senses that that word is sometimes used.
Apr 20, 2013 | 5:12 pm
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Apr 20, 2013 | 6:02 pm
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Apr 20, 2013 | 6:05 pm
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Apr 20, 2013 | 6:26 pm
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Apr 20, 2013 | 6:28 pm
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many times if Y is over booked, 4seat are block / taken out of inventory to habdle the overbooking. How the overbooking is handled -- many possibilities CPU/TOD/HOD/Up-ups/ ....
Apr 20, 2013 | 7:07 pm
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Grrr... Back to 5/8 as PG out of IAH. Got passed up last night, ended #1 on UG list. Literally at the 11th hour someone got assigned the last seat in BF. Don't know much about the UG process so I couldn't assume that it was a TOD or employee? Had 7A with the middle seat empty and my fill of drinks & food already at the Heniken bar/lounge.
Apr 20, 2013 | 7:22 pm
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Thanks for the info WineCountry UA. I checked in 25 min ago at T-24 (7:50 PM CST) and got my upgrade notification at 8:10 PM. The app now shows 6 booked in FC (including me) and 4 still blocked of the 12 FC seats overall. Coach shows full so the oversold theory is quite plausible and the remaining 2 seats could easily be tomorrow's TOD upgrades. Edited to mention I scored the upgrade on a K(!) fare.
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Apr 21, 2013 | 5:19 am
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Happened to me last night too. First showed +9 blocked on the app. Then "full" but seat map was wide open and only 2 had checked in. Ticket agent confirmed oversell theory. All CPUs were processed including my companion and flight even took off with 1 empty F seat.
Apr 21, 2013 | 6:43 am
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They are not improving. Becoming more obvious that upgrades happen for TODs or Y or B. The rest is luck. You can no longer rely on status for an UG while 1K's sit in C on SFO-DEN or at least 5 1K's sitting in C on LAX-IAH, just unheard of prior to merger. There are a lot of conversations out there but what airline really has UGs for FF with a reliabie percentage?