2014 Upsell Offers to Business/First (UFC/PCU) Questions/Discussion (Paid Upgrades)
Nov 11, 2014, 9:15 pm
#646
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: NY
Programs: UA Plat (1mm), Marriott Titanium, HH Gold, Hertz Pres
Posts: 430
what route - PVG to EWR
original fare bucket - H
price offered - $829
PCU/UFC? - UFC
Where it was offered/accepted - After checkin. I had opted for a co-pay/mileage upgrade and was Number 2 on the list with plenty of open seats. When I checked in on line, there were only 3 seat + 1 seat reserved so still thought my chances were good. 1 hour before boarding, I checked the app to find out there was only 1 seat left and I was still Number 2. So I paid up, the equation worked for me.
original fare bucket - H
price offered - $829
PCU/UFC? - UFC
Where it was offered/accepted - After checkin. I had opted for a co-pay/mileage upgrade and was Number 2 on the list with plenty of open seats. When I checked in on line, there were only 3 seat + 1 seat reserved so still thought my chances were good. 1 hour before boarding, I checked the app to find out there was only 1 seat left and I was still Number 2. So I paid up, the equation worked for me.
Nov 11, 2014, 9:44 pm
#647
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: near to SFO and LHR
Programs: BA Gold, B6 Mosiac, VS, AA, DL (and a legacy UA 2MM)
Posts: 2,274
Nov 11, 2014, 10:28 pm
#648
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 5,825
what route - PVG to EWR
original fare bucket - H
price offered - $829
PCU/UFC? - UFC
Where it was offered/accepted - After checkin. I had opted for a co-pay/mileage upgrade and was Number 2 on the list with plenty of open seats. When I checked in on line, there were only 3 seat + 1 seat reserved so still thought my chances were good. 1 hour before boarding, I checked the app to find out there was only 1 seat left and I was still Number 2. So I paid up, the equation worked for me.
original fare bucket - H
price offered - $829
PCU/UFC? - UFC
Where it was offered/accepted - After checkin. I had opted for a co-pay/mileage upgrade and was Number 2 on the list with plenty of open seats. When I checked in on line, there were only 3 seat + 1 seat reserved so still thought my chances were good. 1 hour before boarding, I checked the app to find out there was only 1 seat left and I was still Number 2. So I paid up, the equation worked for me.
Nov 12, 2014, 3:24 am
#649
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Naples - Chicago - Park City
Programs: UA 1K Million Miler, Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, Amex Plat
Posts: 290
EWR-RSW One-Way
Booked $117 N-class Economy ticket
$479 upgrade offer at booking
P-class ticket in F was only $307 total!
Booked $117 N-class Economy ticket
$479 upgrade offer at booking
P-class ticket in F was only $307 total!
Nov 12, 2014, 7:13 am
#650
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,172
Of course...there's a sliding scale with these offers. 1Ks get the worst, most overpriced ones, all the way down to GMs getting quite attractive, fare-busting deals that can't be passed up :-:
Nov 12, 2014, 7:21 am
#651
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: LBB
Programs: UA 1K 1MM ★G | Marriott LTT | Hilton ♦ | Hertz PC | Global Entry TSA Pre ✓
Posts: 2,820
Again, I can't dispute what you are saying because I have also had some pretty atrocious offers for buy-ups, and seen seats disappear quick to non-CPU's, meaning someone else probably took the deal at a much better price (unless they don't know what else to do with their $ and would blow $1399 on a o/w upgrade from SFO-IAD)......
I'm still lost in this whole deal.....
Nov 12, 2014, 8:06 am
#652
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,172
If you haven't gotten sub-$100 offers on those routes, you're not getting the "good" ones
Nov 12, 2014, 8:16 am
#653
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: LBB
Programs: UA 1K 1MM ★G | Marriott LTT | Hilton ♦ | Hertz PC | Global Entry TSA Pre ✓
Posts: 2,820
Best one I had was BOS-DEN ($119 if I remember correctly) which took me from K class to A class (December 2013). Not sub $100, but definitely worth it in my eyes for a 4 hour flight. Every day-of-departure buy up I have done has put me into A class.... not sure if that's the way it works, or if this has just been coincidence. I had DEN-IAD, and IAD-DEN earlier this year on day-of-departure upgrades, and ended up in A as well.
Nov 12, 2014, 1:15 pm
#654
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: East Coast
Programs: SPG 75 Plat, Hyatt Diamond, Delta PM, AA EXP
Posts: 111
On a recent JFK-LAX 6 am departure they were selling upgrades over the PA system during boarding to BF for $179. Never got any type of checkin offer since I was a 1K using a confirmed RPU
This was a really light load, economy plus was almost 70% empty from the seat map, and in BF I had no seatmate.
This was a really light load, economy plus was almost 70% empty from the seat map, and in BF I had no seatmate.
Nov 12, 2014, 1:20 pm
#655
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SFO
Programs: United 1K 2MM / Marriott LTP
Posts: 5,071
The upgrade offer was $1600 more than the paid SINNRT J class fare offering at the same time.
Nov 12, 2014, 1:20 pm
#656
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Delayed at EWR
Programs: UA 1K, SPG Gold, Hilton Gold, Priority Pass
Posts: 353
Here's something really odd. Is this shenanigans or am I missing something?
GF (no status) and I (Gold) both bought our roundtrip tickets EWR-PDX together on the same record. I used miles to waitlist for upgrade so the records were separated.
I'm looking today at our reservations and she's being offered to buy-up to First for $363 on the return flight home. My reservation is telling me it would cost $902.
We have the same fare class, same ticket cost, same schedule. The only difference is that I'm Gold status and she is no status. Why the hell is UA offering her an upgrade at a THIRD of the cost of a status'd member?
GF (no status) and I (Gold) both bought our roundtrip tickets EWR-PDX together on the same record. I used miles to waitlist for upgrade so the records were separated.
I'm looking today at our reservations and she's being offered to buy-up to First for $363 on the return flight home. My reservation is telling me it would cost $902.
We have the same fare class, same ticket cost, same schedule. The only difference is that I'm Gold status and she is no status. Why the hell is UA offering her an upgrade at a THIRD of the cost of a status'd member?
Nov 12, 2014, 1:32 pm
#657
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC / TYO / Up in the Air
Programs: UA GS 1.7MM, AA 2.1MM, EK, BA, SQ, CX, Marriot LT, Accor P
Posts: 6,318
Here's something really odd. Is this shenanigans or am I missing something?
GF (no status) and I (Gold) both bought our roundtrip tickets EWR-PDX together on the same record. I used miles to waitlist for upgrade so the records were separated.
I'm looking today at our reservations and she's being offered to buy-up to First for $363 on the return flight home. My reservation is telling me it would cost $902.
We have the same fare class, same ticket cost, same schedule. The only difference is that I'm Gold status and she is no status. Why the hell is UA offering her an upgrade at a THIRD of the cost of a status'd member?
GF (no status) and I (Gold) both bought our roundtrip tickets EWR-PDX together on the same record. I used miles to waitlist for upgrade so the records were separated.
I'm looking today at our reservations and she's being offered to buy-up to First for $363 on the return flight home. My reservation is telling me it would cost $902.
We have the same fare class, same ticket cost, same schedule. The only difference is that I'm Gold status and she is no status. Why the hell is UA offering her an upgrade at a THIRD of the cost of a status'd member?
Nov 12, 2014, 2:47 pm
#658
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: LBB
Programs: UA 1K 1MM ★G | Marriott LTT | Hilton ♦ | Hertz PC | Global Entry TSA Pre ✓
Posts: 2,820
It's too bad UA Insider has not cast any light onto this issue...
Nov 12, 2014, 3:31 pm
#659
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,172
On a recent JFK-LAX 6 am departure they were selling upgrades over the PA system during boarding to BF for $179. Never got any type of checkin offer since I was a 1K using a confirmed RPU
This was a really light load, economy plus was almost 70% empty from the seat map, and in BF I had no seatmate.
This was a really light load, economy plus was almost 70% empty from the seat map, and in BF I had no seatmate.
Here's something really odd. Is this shenanigans or am I missing something?
GF (no status) and I (Gold) both bought our roundtrip tickets EWR-PDX together on the same record. I used miles to waitlist for upgrade so the records were separated.
I'm looking today at our reservations and she's being offered to buy-up to First for $363 on the return flight home. My reservation is telling me it would cost $902.
We have the same fare class, same ticket cost, same schedule. The only difference is that I'm Gold status and she is no status. Why the hell is UA offering her an upgrade at a THIRD of the cost of a status'd member?
GF (no status) and I (Gold) both bought our roundtrip tickets EWR-PDX together on the same record. I used miles to waitlist for upgrade so the records were separated.
I'm looking today at our reservations and she's being offered to buy-up to First for $363 on the return flight home. My reservation is telling me it would cost $902.
We have the same fare class, same ticket cost, same schedule. The only difference is that I'm Gold status and she is no status. Why the hell is UA offering her an upgrade at a THIRD of the cost of a status'd member?
This is a never-ending joke
Nov 12, 2014, 3:58 pm
#660
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K MM, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 380
ORD-FLL
No upgrade offered at check in (there was a buy-up offer at purchase but I forget what it was but it was laughable enough to decline).
F is now checked in full on a 737-700. Only 2 of 12 shown as upgraded. Yeah, I'm sure there were really 10 F seats sold on a leisure route.... riiiiight.
No upgrade offered at check in (there was a buy-up offer at purchase but I forget what it was but it was laughable enough to decline).
F is now checked in full on a 737-700. Only 2 of 12 shown as upgraded. Yeah, I'm sure there were really 10 F seats sold on a leisure route.... riiiiight.