Jul 20, 2013, 6:22 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
This is an archived thread, the active thread is UA Upsell Offers to Business/First/PP at Purchase and Day of Departure (TOD)
UA Upsell Offers to Business/First at Purchase and Day of Departure (TOD) [Archive]
Aug 5, 2018, 12:50 pm
#3901
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New York
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott LTPP, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 1,078
EWR - MSP. $179 for several days before check-in and at check-in. Declined up to check-in at T-23. CPU processed at T-21.
Aug 6, 2018, 9:29 pm
#3902
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, UA Gold, WN, Global Entry; +others wherever miles/points are found
Posts: 14,395
SFO-MSP and v/v now seeing $239 with basically wide open inventory (PN2 R0, and PN9 R5). Seems like inflation might slowly be taking hold.
Aug 8, 2018, 7:40 am
#3903
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Platinum Elite, National Executive, United Gold
Posts: 1,181
EWR-IAH on a 772 run one week out: $169. I took it as a Gold on a T fare.
Aug 8, 2018, 10:24 am
#3904
Join Date: Jan 2013
Programs: UA 1K | MR Platinum
Posts: 492
$309 IAD-SFO in 2 weeks. 3/16 booked so far. Might take my chances and see if the rate drops any more in the coming days....
Aug 9, 2018, 10:12 am
#3905
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: DFW from PDX - UA 1K 2MM,Lifetime HHonnors Diamond, Bonvoy AMB/LT Tit, National Exec Elite, Hertz PC
Posts: 554
Aug 9, 2018, 11:52 am
#3906
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: NYC
Programs: Marriott Platinum Elite, National Executive, United Gold
Posts: 1,181
Aug 9, 2018, 11:54 am
#3907
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Colorado
Programs: UA Gold (.85 MM), HH Diamond, SPG Platinum (LT Gold), Hertz PC, National EE
Posts: 5,648
Aug 9, 2018, 12:05 pm
#3908
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 21,370
It definitely doesn't always book into P, but when it does rebook into P, the PQM and PQS bonuses usually occur. I still recommend assuming that they won't be credited, so that the only possible surprise is a positive one.
Aug 9, 2018, 12:13 pm
#3909
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: In the clouds
Programs: AS MVP Gold, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 42
Where does everyone see up sell offers before TOD? I'm interested in an upcoming flight but don't see any offers. Possibly due to being waitlisted on an MUA?
Aug 9, 2018, 12:39 pm
#3910
Join Date: Nov 2012
Programs: BA Bronze, United 1K, HH Gold, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 3,477
That has been my experience: when I waitlisted a MUA I did not see an upsell offer before the TOD. I even thought about removing the MUA to see if I would get an acceptable offer but then worried that I would lose my position in the potential MUA upgrade list. And I'm not yet convinced that TODs are offered at check-in when a MUA is waitlisted. Maybe that's the time to remove the MUA. But then TODs are not offered all the time: we did not get an offer to upgrade to Polaris First even when only 3/8 seats were sold.
Aug 9, 2018, 2:10 pm
#3911
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Colorado
Programs: UA Gold (.85 MM), HH Diamond, SPG Platinum (LT Gold), Hertz PC, National EE
Posts: 5,648
While it doesn't impact me, I do think it's absurd that the paid upgrades don't count toward PQD... If I were someone that actually needed this, I would be annoyed.
Last edited by COSPILOT; Aug 9, 2018 at 2:31 pm
Aug 9, 2018, 2:17 pm
#3912
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 518
My experience is that any upgrade waitlisted with instruments (MUA, RPU, GPU) takes away the upsell offer. Even on the day of departure I don't see TOD at all if I am already on the upgrade waitlist.
Aug 9, 2018, 2:19 pm
#3913
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: DFW from PDX - UA 1K 2MM,Lifetime HHonnors Diamond, Bonvoy AMB/LT Tit, National Exec Elite, Hertz PC
Posts: 554
I only fly domestic for the most part, and of the 20 times or so I've paid for the upgrade (TOD), it always been to P, always included the PQM and PQS bonus, and never the PQD. Sadly it's still segments that I make anything on, and far exceed the spend requirement for respective levels. I choose the TOD's for personal comfort after a long week, not for meeting the next potential level. As a lowly Gold, I know my upgrade chances are very low.
Aug 9, 2018, 3:29 pm
#3914
Join Date: Nov 2012
Programs: BA Bronze, United 1K, HH Gold, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 3,477
With waitlisted GPUs, my wife and I did get TOD at check-in on a PVG-ORD flight in January. And I do recall getting upsell offers with waitlisted RPUs. It's for the MUA that I never got it. And that's when I would be the most interested in getting a TOD as usually (when I don't have a MUA) it's around $800-$900 which would be a better deal than Miles + $550. So, that I would still have the miles for the next flights I need to do a MUA.
Aug 9, 2018, 5:01 pm
#3915
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: IAH
Programs: Marriott Plat, Hyatt Globalist, DL Plat, UA Silver
Posts: 4,043
Is there anyway to do TOD upgrades offered T-24 on the app? Or it must be done on OLCI.