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CPU Clearance Experiences - Archive
Aug 7, 2018, 3:00 pm
#796
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: YEG
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 755
First time I relied on CPU's in a long long time on a trip to BUF, but me AND my wife upgraded on 3/6 segments on cheap fares: YEG-DEN- BUF-ORD, and DEN-YEG last week.
The DEN-ORD and ORD-DEN segments I knew would be full of high fare 1K/GS and the ORD-BUF was booked full for months but still a happy customer
The DEN-ORD and ORD-DEN segments I knew would be full of high fare 1K/GS and the ORD-BUF was booked full for months but still a happy customer
Aug 8, 2018, 12:49 am
#797
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 14,884
First upgrade this year as a silver (though haven’t flown much since Feb.). Upgraded on tomorrow evening’s IAH-CVG with a party of 3 (2 silvers and 1 no status) on the reservation. As of now, 7 booked in F, pretty sure they are all upgrades as F was empty until the weekend and the F seats filled matched the same amount of occupied E+seats going back to empty.
Aug 14, 2018, 10:58 am
#798
Join Date: May 2016
Location: SLC
Programs: United Gold, Hilton Silver, Hertz President's Circle
Posts: 768
Unexpected CPU last night for my wife (no status) and me (Silver) IAD-DEN. The weather delays on the east coast caused a lot of misconnections (we made our connection because both flights were delayed) and SDCs. This resulted in our moving up the CPU list. The flight actually went out with one empty seat in FC.
Aug 14, 2018, 12:21 pm
#799
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
Got CPUed at T-24 for last night's 9:30 PM ORD-RDU 737-800. I'm now 2/16 on upgrades this year as a Silver which is definitely in line with my expectations.
Aug 14, 2018, 7:35 pm
#800
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,359
Hey FTers,
I have updated my United Upgrade spreadsheet to include this discussion on CPU upgrades (see the tab titled CPU Offers). I've got all offers mentioned from Jun 1 to this point. It's my hope to have all offers on this thread pushed to the spreadsheet by end of month. After that point, I'll be updating it less often (along with the ToD worksheet) as I will be working on my Masters in the UK. Let me know if there's any interest with Mods/FT Elites keeping this resource up to date.
Let me know your thoughts on the spreadsheet (i.e. am I missing any important data) and whether there would be any benefit in tracking the ones that got away (i.e. CPUs that never cleared)?
Safe Travels,
James
I have updated my United Upgrade spreadsheet to include this discussion on CPU upgrades (see the tab titled CPU Offers). I've got all offers mentioned from Jun 1 to this point. It's my hope to have all offers on this thread pushed to the spreadsheet by end of month. After that point, I'll be updating it less often (along with the ToD worksheet) as I will be working on my Masters in the UK. Let me know if there's any interest with Mods/FT Elites keeping this resource up to date.
Let me know your thoughts on the spreadsheet (i.e. am I missing any important data) and whether there would be any benefit in tracking the ones that got away (i.e. CPUs that never cleared)?
Safe Travels,
James
Aug 19, 2018, 8:31 am
#801
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: PEK, AUS, WAS, HKG
Programs: CX Gold
Posts: 1,122
United cannot wait to upgrade me!
This got to be a first for me. As a lowly Gold member, I was confirmed 9 minutes before my T-48 CPU window! I guess that United really wanted to make my interview trip a little sweeter 
BTW, has anyone seen an 'early' CPU before? Just curious
BTW, has anyone seen an 'early' CPU before? Just curious
Last edited by lixiaojuventus; Aug 19, 2018 at 11:22 am
Aug 19, 2018, 12:44 pm
#802
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: SFO/SJC
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Gold, Hilton Gold
Posts: 14,884
Dont know if it exists anymore, but at one point, there was a bug where folks, when space was available, were getting upgraded 24 hours before they were supposed to on west coast (going east) red eyes. Speculation was it has something to do with the system getting confused with dates and time zones when a red eye was leaving, say, SFO at 11:XX pm but it was already the next day in central time, which is the time zone used with a lot of UA stuff since it’s HQ.
This happened to me at least once, maybe twice.
Its been a while though. More recently, I find the upgrades getting done after the window - more like 5-20 minutes later rather than right on the window, or a couple of minutes after.
Aug 23, 2018, 9:32 am
#803
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: MSP/ORD
Programs: UA 1MM/GS, Marriott Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 318
My wife does little business travel, but happened to fly enough last year to make Silver. Yesterday she had to make a MSP-ORD-MSP day trip. To my surprise she got upgraded on the 6:30am MSP-ORD leg. Of course, coming back on the 7:30pm ORD-MSP leg, she was 27th on the upgrade list after first was full
Aug 23, 2018, 9:40 am
#804
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Honolulu Harbor
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 15,019
My wife does little business travel, but happened to fly enough last year to make Silver. Yesterday she had to make a MSP-ORD-MSP day trip. To my surprise she got upgraded on the 6:30am MSP-ORD leg. Of course, coming back on the 7:30pm ORD-MSP leg, she was 27th on the upgrade list after first was full
Aug 23, 2018, 1:06 pm
#805
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: SBA
Programs: UA Gold 1MM, Marriott Gold, IHG Plat, Hertz PC
Posts: 941
I did the BOS-LAX 6:30am flight last month, a 6hr 15 min flight and got upgraded at T-24. My son (no status) traveling with me got upgraded at T-1. The flight went out with 2 emptys in First.
The 9am flight was full a day in advance...
The 9am flight was full a day in advance...
Aug 23, 2018, 2:25 pm
#806
Join Date: Feb 2015
Programs: united
Posts: 1,636
Silver, I just got cleared at T+24 on my ONT-SFO flight.
Aug 23, 2018, 6:39 pm
#807
Join Date: Aug 2018
Programs: UA 1K, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 113
1K; Got cleared at exactly T-24 for EWR to IAH tomorrow at 5:05pm. Plane has the lie-flat seats so it should be nice. I saw about 5 other people were also upgraded. They were selling upgrades for $192.
Last edited by pregabalin; Aug 23, 2018 at 6:44 pm
Aug 23, 2018, 8:30 pm
#808
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
A run of luck I didn't think possible for a Premier Silver these days
8/21 UA 389 BOS-IAD 0545-0710 737-900: Cleared at T-15
8/21 UA 1743 IAD-AUS 0935-1044 737-800: #3 for 0 seats at boarding. Boarded and sat in 21A. Right before departure time the gate agent came on and asked if I wanted to move to 2E. I have no idea what happened to the 2 people in front of me or one no show.
8/21 UA 389 BOS-IAD 0545-0710 737-900: Cleared at T-15
8/21 UA 1743 IAD-AUS 0935-1044 737-800: #3 for 0 seats at boarding. Boarded and sat in 21A. Right before departure time the gate agent came on and asked if I wanted to move to 2E. I have no idea what happened to the 2 people in front of me or one no show.
Aug 23, 2018, 8:37 pm
#809
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 140
Silver pax:
8/22 UA 5825 LAX - BZN 1:15PM - 3:59PM ERJ-175: Cleared 15 minutes after T-24
Plat pax and companion:
8/22 UA 5825 LAX - BZN 1:15PM - 3:59PM ERJ-175: Cleared T-72
8/22 UA 5825 LAX - BZN 1:15PM - 3:59PM ERJ-175: Cleared 15 minutes after T-24
Plat pax and companion:
8/22 UA 5825 LAX - BZN 1:15PM - 3:59PM ERJ-175: Cleared T-72
Aug 24, 2018, 4:50 am
#810
Join Date: Aug 2002
Programs: UA 1K & 1MM/AA Gold & 1MM/HH Gold/Marriott Titanium
Posts: 2,924
1K upgraded for DCA ORD at 1245 last Sunday at T-24 , E175 op by SkyWest.