100+ on IAH-SFO in early Dec. Equipment was swapped from a 757 to a Polaris 777. Must had a lot of people SDC to it. Group 1 line was LONG.

Last Wednesday the 10.30 p.m. SFO-EWR red-eye had a 75-deep upgrade list. Longest I have seen in a while on a p.s. route without complimentary UGs.

All those expiring PlusPoints??

must be and JPM ending. J was solidly booked since July and with only 28J I must assume a lot of 1K and GS in the back.

I was once booked on an IAD-RDU ERJ-145 which due to the previous two IAD-RDU flights cancelling had thirty-nine people on standby. 39 people competing for zero seats on a plane that only seats 50.

37 on list is impressive
 

Most flights are pretty empty nowadays. But 37 on upgrade standby list on a short hub-to-hub flight is very impressive.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...19ac430ff7.png

That's oddly comforting :)

I've been disappointed to see United still being very stingy with transcon plus point upgrade availability. But if there are still elites out chasing those seats, I'll try to be less cynical.

Tomorrow there are only 2 ORD-IAD flights, with this being the first. I would be interested to see how many of these are non-revs deadheading (I would put good money on it that it is a non-zero number), with the limited schedule UA has been deadheading tons of crews. I have read reports that on a flight with 40 people booked more than 50% are deadheads.

About 30 on that list are deadheading. But it is still much more booked with revenue passengers than most have been, recently.

This list will appear a bit long for now as UA is holding off CPU until the gate
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...ssignment.html

Lengthy upgrade lists have returned.

UA 305 ORD-SFO on a Max 9 today the list was 62. Booked full, zero cleared.

Flight was originally scheduled for a 772. Very harsh reentry to domestic UA travel after flying inbound from VIE on OS. "Hey, where's the bread basket and eiskaffee?"

My BDL - DEN flight this morning was fully booked and they were asking for volunteers to take alternative flights. I checked and came across this ORD-DEN flight this morning with 50 seats up front, all booked, and an additional 74 people on the waitlist! On a Tuesday :(


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...9169b2458.jpeg

wow that's fully 30% of the plane that's "elite." pretty similar ratio on the hub to hubs I have flown on this year, where there will be 30-40 elites on a 737 standing by for an upgrade

SFO-LAX: 48

SFO-LAS: 45

David

Data point only
 

UA 636 EWR>CLE has a total of 28 on upgrade list. Just a small note: nearly 17% of potential passengers (based on seating capacity of 166) on this B738 are elite and eligible for upgrade. I presume one on the upgrade list is a UA employee since also on standby list. Not a full flight either.