Is there a method to the upgrade seating algorithm?
Apr 17, 2013 | 7:13 pm
#31
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Premier Platinum (and falling fast)
Posts: 566
I actually did check earlier today and all email boxes are checked. All my cell-phone alerts though had been unchecked for some reason (I have re-checked that box about 10 times in the past year!)
To be honest, I've given up expecting a notification and just obsessively check within the window....the new norm....
To be honest, I've given up expecting a notification and just obsessively check within the window....the new norm....
Apr 17, 2013 | 8:28 pm
#32
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Splitting time between small towns in NorCal and Wydaho
Programs: Amethyst Premier Plutonium Medallion
Posts: 21,515
You are wrong on the last part - they absolutely do clear standbys into E- now by default as part of the automated process. See for yourself next time you're standing at a gate with some time to spare. This might have been true at some time in the past but it's not true now. You can either look at the cleared standbys screen, or the seatmap itself.
I never get any email from UA unless they're trying to get me to UG with miles or sign up for "you're in!" This despite my emails prefs being skewed away from this kind of communication.
Apr 18, 2013 | 10:44 am
#33
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: OSL/IAH/ZRH (time, not preference)
Programs: UA1K, LH GM, AA EXP->GM
Posts: 41,216
Not been my experience - when I use my corporate TA they assign based on my stated preference (but admittedly that's from their systems, not UA), whilst when booking on the phone with UA, I have typically found they either ask me what seat I want or just completely fail to assign a seat at all (eg. applying an RPU over the phone yesterday, seat selection was just ignored and left blank until I assigned myself a seat).