What's the longest first class upgrade standby list / waitlist that you've ever seen?
Jan 5, 2020, 4:19 pm
#287
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC (Primarily EWR)
Programs: UA 1K / *G, Marriott Bonvoy Gold; Avis PC
Posts: 9,010
Jan 5, 2020, 9:16 pm
#290
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: IAH / HOU
Programs: UA GS, DL-Plat, Hilton Gold, IHG Platinum, Hyatt Somethingist, Marriott Titanium Lifetime
Posts: 2,853
As a GS I don’t look past the first page too often, but I was about position 10 on the waitlist on a DCA-IAH flight in November. And I seem to end up #1 on the list on that route often. I suppose all the other GS’s pay for F. Senator Cruz flies in the back. Based on his position on the upgrade list I’d estimate that he is Gold.
Jan 9, 2020, 4:51 pm
#291
Join Date: Mar 2007
Programs: United Mileage Plus Premier
Posts: 782
It is CES time in Las Vegas. The whole city is parked to the gills. It is a week I won't go downtown or to the strip for anything. I did go down there one year to make some pictures for a client and it was a real nightmare.
Jan 14, 2020, 11:17 am
#295
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: San Francisco/Sydney
Programs: UA 1K/MM, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Something, IHG Gold, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 8,162
Jan 14, 2020, 5:21 pm
#297
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Lake Oswego, OR
Programs: UA 1K 2MM, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 3,202
The upgrade list had 93 names on last Friday's ORD-SFO 4:05 PM flight. 
A 1K standing near me while waiting to board showed me his boarding pass for a middle seat in economy.
A 1K standing near me while waiting to board showed me his boarding pass for a middle seat in economy.
Jan 14, 2020, 6:15 pm
#298
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Waiting for a gate at EWR
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 105
Hardly compares to some of the other lists, but kind of comical anyway.
IAD-RDU a few days ago on a CR7 (6 seat F cabin, 4 booked, 2 avail). I was 16/29. 29 waiting to upgrade on a 50 seat RJ.
IAD-RDU a few days ago on a CR7 (6 seat F cabin, 4 booked, 2 avail). I was 16/29. 29 waiting to upgrade on a 50 seat RJ.
Jan 18, 2020, 10:23 pm
#300
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: SAN
Programs: 1K (since 2008), *G (since 1990), 1MM
Posts: 3,220
This is by no means the longest I have ever seen - was on a flight out of SFO a couple of years ago where the list was in excess of 100 names, but on a SAN-ORD flight on a Sunday morning at 6.30 am on a A319 the number of names is 25. Not a hub to hub flight and on a Sunday morning. Not including the 12 FC seats out of 114 seats (and it is fully booked) that is more than 20% of the pax on the upgrade list. Although not as high a percentage as JimInOhio on the DFW-IAH flight I am surprised at the number. My 1K son is #7 on the list (it is a CPU for him). As there are only 7 booked out of 12 I am thinking he is going to enjoy E+ 