Jul 20, 2013, 6:22 pm
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UA Upsell Offers to Business/First at Purchase and Day of Departure (TOD) [Archive]
Sep 13, 2018, 6:01 pm
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Sep 13, 2018, 6:06 pm
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How much was it to purchase the P fare outright?
Sep 13, 2018, 6:38 pm
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I don't think the upsell program ever "worked" in the first place. Upgrade amounts and even the option to upgrade have been quite variable. For example, >$1000 offers to upgrade short segments have been reported. But I appreciate anything that increases GPU/RPU/CPU success!
Sep 13, 2018, 7:29 pm
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I don't think the upsell program ever "worked" in the first place. Upgrade amounts and even the option to upgrade have been quite variable. For example, >$1000 offers to upgrade short segments have been reported. But I appreciate anything that increases GPU/RPU/CPU success!
Sep 13, 2018, 7:52 pm
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My new thesis would be that route fare differential is only offered when it's much more like the actual price difference, or maybe only when there's P space. A little sad since this would imply you can't get any more hidden deals with TODs, but if it also means more upgrades I'll take it.
Sep 13, 2018, 8:24 pm
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I don't think the upsell program ever "worked" in the first place. Upgrade amounts and even the option to upgrade have been quite variable. For example, >$1000 offers to upgrade short segments have been reported. But I appreciate anything that increases GPU/RPU/CPU success!
Sep 14, 2018, 12:03 am
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I had a UA upgrade earlier this year mapped into P, but still only received miles based on the original K fare, using OZ (*A partner).
Sep 14, 2018, 12:27 am
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It's much more volatile, but a lot of the volatility seems to be tied to premium inventory. My PHX-SFO has gone from $3xx to $2xx and back, and now $133 as the lowest inventory has gone D -> Z -> D -> P. Certainly the change in offer when I re-fared down a class from T to L is new logic.
Overall, domestic F has gotten more expensive, which means an uptick in upgrades, but harder to justify the outright F purchase. I haven't decided which way this breaks for me, but given that I was mostly buying discount F for domestic, I think it's probably negative. There's a price where domestic F is just not worth it anymore, and lately I'm seeing the fares in that range much more often.
Sep 14, 2018, 4:28 am
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GF is showing $2500 each way on DC-SFO, which is wayyyy higher than the posted fare over a month in advance. Other reservation for the holidays showing normal / expected rates. Perhaps there is a change with the new inventory management program, especially on high yield routes.
Sep 14, 2018, 4:38 am
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With no P fare available to me, I would have taken that upgrade offer of $1,000 for NYC-NRT. I have a self-imposed limit of $4,000 for roundtrips to Asia. And I would have taken it even on the 772 with the 2-4-2 configuration.
Sep 15, 2018, 5:16 pm
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GPU vs paid upgrade
I am flying SFO-FRA and LHR-SFO. I have gold status and received GPUs from a family member. Will adding these GPUs to my flight impact whether united offers me a paid upgrade price at check in? Now that the GPUs are on my reservation I no longer see an upgrade price when I go to view the reservation online. I doubt the SFO-FRA will clear. There are still a lot of empty business seats on LHR-SFO. I am willing to pay $1500 each way to upgrade if united offered. I dont want the GPUs to crowd out a paid upgrade offer. Thanks for your help!
Sep 15, 2018, 6:09 pm
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I am flying SFO-FRA and LHR-SFO. I have gold status and received GPUs from a family member. Will adding these GPUs to my flight impact whether united offers me a paid upgrade price at check in? Now that the GPUs are on my reservation I no longer see an upgrade price when I go to view the reservation online. I doubt the SFO-FRA will clear. There are still a lot of empty business seats on LHR-SFO. I am willing to pay $1500 each way to upgrade if united offered. I dont want the GPUs to crowd out a paid upgrade offer. Thanks for your help!
With GPUs applied on our return from PVG in January, both my wife and did receive TODs at check-in. But, with a GPU applied on my wife's return from HKG on a different trip, when UA made a P fare available months before the flight, my wife could not see any upgrade offer online. She did call to do a GG BUYUP to the P fare and they returned the GPU to my account (since she had waitlisted one of my GPUs).
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Sep 16, 2018, 2:18 am
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All that to really say -- we don't know. It may inhibit some of the upgrades showing up (it probably does), but not all of them.
Sep 16, 2018, 9:29 am
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Well, things is dynamic now, that's for sure.
Here's my offers over the past week for LAX-IAH-DCA (09/23/18) + IAD-IAH-LAX (09/28/18):
(09/09/18)
(09/11/18)
(09/16/18)
And, if you like them prices, try these LAX-ORD (10/03/18) and ORD-LAX (10/07/18):
(09/09/18)
(09/11/18)
(09/16/18)
oboy.
David
Here's my offers over the past week for LAX-IAH-DCA (09/23/18) + IAD-IAH-LAX (09/28/18):
(09/09/18)
And, if you like them prices, try these LAX-ORD (10/03/18) and ORD-LAX (10/07/18):
(09/09/18)
David
Last edited by DELee; Sep 16, 2018 at 9:41 am