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Originally Posted by IAH-OIL-TRASH
(Post 28046631)
what was/is your city pair and date? Could be tons of Premiers, weather-displaced passengers, etc. I was on a LAS-SFO flight once with like 80 people on waitlist, which I though was almost impossible for the route on a Thursday. Turned out a tech conference had just ended. Bunch of 1Ks were in back.
If you were #102, maybe you're one of the people with free mints:)? What got my blood boiling(as well as that of the 1k couple sitting next to me) was that UA non-rev clearly got at least 2 of the first class seat. We listened to those two carrying on a loud conversation with the flight attendants. It was 100% clear to us that they were non-revs on vacation(SFO, then HNL, then GUM) How can non-revs get the first class seats when there are still several dozen elites on the upgrade standby list? |
Originally Posted by rankourabu
(Post 28058729)
The flight ended up being switched from a 28 seat 777 to the new Polaris 60 seater, no doubt making the top 32 waitlisted happy.
Originally Posted by Landscaper
(Post 28058818)
What got my blood boiling(as well as that of the 1k couple sitting next to me) was that UA non-rev clearly got at least 2 of the first class seat. We listened to those two carrying on a loud conversation with the flight attendants. It was 100% clear to us that they were non-revs on vacation(SFO, then HNL, then GUM)
How can non-revs get the first class seats when there are still several dozen elites on the upgrade standby list? |
Originally Posted by prometa
(Post 28058865)
And probably a bunch of unhappy Y flyers, if they were aware of the change.
Originally Posted by prometa
(Post 28058865)
Unless they loudly announced they got the first class seats for free, how do you know they didn't pay for them?
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Originally Posted by prometa
(Post 28058865)
Unless they loudly announced they got the first class seats for free, how do you know they didn't pay for them? speaking of which... would it have been okay for me to record their conversation and post it somewhere? (not saying that I recorded them) |
Originally Posted by Kacee
(Post 28058898)
Why? Same 10 across Y configuration.
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Originally Posted by prometa
(Post 28061277)
Many of the hub 777 flights I've taken still use the 3-3-3 or 2-5-2 configuration, and the ORD-SFO flights I've seen recently have 2-5-2 map loaded. I assumed it went from a 9-across to a 10-across, but maybe I'm wrong.
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UA701 DEN-LAX 68 on upgrade list
Friday Night in DEN......
April 07 UA701 the 19:05 DEN-LAX 777-200 28J with 3x4x3 has 68 on the upgrade waitlist (as well as few standbys) |
137 on the upgrade list for UA794 today SFO-ORD turd bird. I'm #18 as a gold with a mileage-supported upgrade.
Group 2 line stretches back to gate 84 (departing from 86). |
Upgrade shenanigans happen quite frequently, unfortunately.
Originally Posted by Landscaper
(Post 28058818)
Was on another flight today and #28 out of 72 on the upgrade list. I wasn't expecting anything, obviously. When I got to the airport, first class was already full. I sat in my original 1st row coach aisle seat.(not that bad for a 4-hour flight)
What got my blood boiling(as well as that of the 1k couple sitting next to me) was that UA non-rev clearly got at least 2 of the first class seat. We listened to those two carrying on a loud conversation with the flight attendants. It was 100% clear to us that they were non-revs on vacation(SFO, then HNL, then GUM) How can non-revs get the first class seats when there are still several dozen elites on the upgrade standby list? |
Originally Posted by JAaronT
(Post 28388968)
137 on the upgrade list for UA794 today SFO-ORD turd bird.
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Originally Posted by JAaronT
(Post 28388968)
137 on the upgrade list for UA794 today SFO-ORD turd bird. I'm #18 as a gold with a mileage-supported upgrade.
Group 2 line stretches back to gate 84 (departing from 86).
Originally Posted by Kacee
(Post 28389187)
Ouch. And only three upgrades total.
BTW—'turd bird': excellent moniker! ^ |
Sorry for my ignorance but what is a "turd bird"?
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Originally Posted by Baze
(Post 28389533)
Sorry for my ignorance but what is a "turd bird"?
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Originally Posted by fumje
(Post 28389391)
Three seems high for that plane, frankly.
BTW—'turd bird': excellent moniker! ^ |
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