Jan 30, 2024, 12:26 am
CPU Clearance Experiences
Dec 31, 2023, 3:14 am
#166
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Bloomfield, NJ
Programs: UA Gold, Million Miler, Marriott platinum, lifetime platinum
Posts: 974
You could have knocked me over with a feather. Just got an email at 4am that I was PP upgraded as Platinum for a flight 1/14/24 EWR MIA. 14 days in advance. My last 20 PP's I will probably ever have. Very happy!
Dec 31, 2023, 3:37 pm
#167
Join Date: Feb 2023
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 148
I just wanted to throw in my personal stats here. In 2023 as a UA Platinum, my CPU clearance was 47%. 55 of my UA segments were CPU eligible with 26 of those clearing. Unfortunately, nine of those were between MKE/ORD. My favorite CPU was to UA Polaris on a 772 from IAH-SFO. Second favorite was from YOW-IAD on the CRJ550 as this was my first time on this aircraft type. The longest routes I received CPUs on were SJU-ORD and EWR-GUA.
Jan 3, 2024, 1:25 pm
#168
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Haze gray and underway
Programs: UA 1K 2MM, HH Diamond, Marriott 'clink clink' Titanium
Posts: 1,784
Starting 24 off correctly. Two cleared CPUs on 01/01/24 BNA-DEN and DEN-RAP both legs on points.
And this AM cleared two PP legs on 01/18/24 PHL-ORD and ORD-EWR.
And this AM cleared two PP legs on 01/18/24 PHL-ORD and ORD-EWR.
Feb 23, 2024, 12:53 pm
#169
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Rochester, MN
Programs: UA Silver, Hilton HHonors Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,830
CPU'd again MSP to ORD as a Silver on award ticket last week.
Seems to be at least 2 out of 3 odds. Even my kid (companion) got bumped up.
I know, small bananas.....but it gives me a few warm fuzzies.
Seems to be at least 2 out of 3 odds. Even my kid (companion) got bumped up.
I know, small bananas.....but it gives me a few warm fuzzies.
Feb 23, 2024, 1:17 pm
#170
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
We should disallow CPU success posts for short hops (< 1 hr or so duration)! And most people do not post these successes anyway.
Feb 23, 2024, 1:20 pm
#171
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Rochester, MN
Programs: UA Silver, Hilton HHonors Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,830
So the thread should be Plat/1K/GS CPU success then? Golds and Silvers success probably only occurs on these short hops...we want our own thread then.
Feb 23, 2024, 1:53 pm
#173
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LGA
Programs: UA
Posts: 15
Feb 23, 2024, 1:55 pm
#174
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 4,220
On today’s ORD-MSP, I would have easily cleared, but was on a “B” fare and cleared at booking. Same for the return.
Come July 4, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, I’ll be happy to break out of double digits on the upgrade list
Feb 23, 2024, 2:16 pm
#175
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS 75K, DL Silver, UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Platinum + LT Gold
Posts: 10,517
Or it's already peak travel times at places like Florida - leaving from Miami, for example, there are already more than 50 people on the upgrade list, with no shot of upgrade, as they have all been spoken for weeks/months.
Feb 23, 2024, 3:00 pm
#176
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Pasadena, California
Programs: UA 1K, 1MM
Posts: 10,412
Yeah, I think that this is what I'm looking at on my LAX-MCO flight this Monday. At least things look reasonable on the return.
Feb 23, 2024, 4:19 pm
#177
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: SEA/NYC/IAD
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 1,932
Feb 23, 2024, 6:02 pm
#178
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Saipan, MP 96950 USA (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands = the CNMI)
Programs: UA Silver, Hilton Silver. Life: UA .57 MM, United & Admirals Clubs (spousal), Marriott Platinum
Posts: 15,063
SPN-GUM (129 miles), February 2024, cleared at booking, T-15 d, into P spaces. Booked into Y class for this flight (with T booking on international leg) (Y1WY & TLE0IQOT); one Premier Silver and one General Member.
Feb 25, 2024, 10:36 pm
#179
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Healdsburg CA and Provincetown MA
Programs: UA 1K and MM.
Posts: 141
My husband and I are both 1K. (His, via a companion status). We both had 6 flights last week on 2 separate reservations. All short, 1.2 - 2.5 hours each. (SFO/LAX/PHX and DEN) He was upgraded 4 of 6. I was upgraded 3 of 6.
No rhyme or reason why I was ahead or he was ahead. But we got 50% and 66% of CPUs.
No rhyme or reason why I was ahead or he was ahead. But we got 50% and 66% of CPUs.
Mar 8, 2024, 12:01 pm
#180
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K - 1 MM, Marriott LT-Plt, Hyatt Glb
Posts: 216
First CPU of the year. 2pax, IAH-AUS, U fare, purchased 6 days out. I cleared at about T-36, my companion cleared about T-28.
Interestingly, never got an upgrade email or text, it just showed up in seat assignments.
Interestingly, never got an upgrade email or text, it just showed up in seat assignments.