Madone59

Just got my first companion UG ever! The wife and I are movin' on up on Saturday ORD-ROC woot woot

naumank

Need some urgent advice on this. I'm flying from SFO to HNL in two days with my SO and two kids. Both my SO and I are 1Ks and my kids have no status. We are on the same itinerary. Currently the first class has booked 21 seats plus 4 blocked seats and the total number of seats is 32. So that leaves 7 seats available 36 hours prior to departure. I never thought we would have a shot at getting an upgrade so I never thought of this.

1. I have many RPUs that I will never be able to use. If I apply four RPUs, would that increase the chance of all of us getting upgraded?
2. At T-24, should I choose to split the itinerary with (1K+GM, and 1K+GM)? Based on some posts, this is doable online.

WineCountryUA

Yes, you will be ahead of all non-GS CPU and on par (status, fare, time of request) for all support upgrade request. So ahead of non/lower elites using miles.

It would be better to split into these two groups now -- UA may not release 4 slots all at the same time at this point.

Once you check in, and have not cleared, you will have to split to single person PNRs or forgo the gate waitlist.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...split-pnr.html

naumank

Thanks for the advice. I have split the PNR into two and applied four RPUs.

After reading the "Split or Not to Split" thread, I'm still a bit confused. After T-24, will I lose my chance of getting an upgrade if I don't further split the PNR into single person PNRs?

WineCountryUA

If you don't split at check-in, you will not be eligible for upgrade at the gate. There still some chance of clearing based on the pre-gate list but definitively not at the gate.

findark

...assuming you are not ticketed in M or higher (which for leisure travel you're probably not).

WineCountryUA

And have no non-1ks/GS companions which the OP reported -- 2 non-status kids.

IAH-OIL-TRASH

Is this your flight UA300 on Monday? seat map is 747, but listed as 772.

https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fli...&taxng=1&idx=1

naumank

No, we fly on Sunday. It's a 772. Last night, I split the PNR into two (1K+GM and 1K+GM) and applied four RPUs. At T-24, they upgraded three passengers. Now they have 26 booked + 4 blocked with a capacity of 32.

I just did online check in. I paid attention to the option of splitting the PNR into individual ones but didn't see that option. After checking in, the two PNRs were split into four without me opting in. We are now No. 3 - 6 on the visible upgrade list with two seats available - about 7 hours before departure. Sometimes, they open up the blocked ones but who knows.

Questions:

1. Can I refuse the upgrade if I can't get 2 or 4? (The two kids are very young.)
2. Will the two kids still keep 1K status on the inbound flight? I read that they would be treated as GM but get to keep the E+ seats, correct?

WineCountryUA

It was hidden in when you asked to be waitlist for the upgrade.

You can request being return to economy but your economy seats will potentially be gone. So the choice is to call and be removed from the waitlist or take the chance of a partial upgrade and decide how you want to split up or try to re-arrange seats in case of a partial upgrade.

Once split on the return, they will not longer have the inherited status. They willn't necessarily lose their E+ seats - but watch just in case a re-seating is done.

naumank

Actually I wasn't asked to be waitlisted doing OLCI. Could it be because I used RPUs?

What happened was two seats were upgraded at the gate. My wife wanted us to sit together but the original seats were gone by then. So I took one of the kids to first class. I got a middle and a window. I asked the first guy at the aisle but he said he "hated window seats" (I don't blame him). But the lady in the other seat exchanged seats with us. So we got to sit together.

On our return flight, Could I call to get on the "do not upgrade list?" I don't want to beg to exchange seats again.

WineCountryUA

It was there or you would have not be on the gate waitlist (even with RPUs).

Just called reservations and request no CPU.

At this point the reservations are all on separate PNRs (consequence of being on the gate waitlist). Unfortunately not all agents are that familiar with the needed commands. Best to double check the reservations to see no signs that CPU is requested.

economyplusfan

Can this be correct?: "Complimentary Premier Upgrades on award tickets will be prioritized after the lowest paid fare class within each Premier level. This benefit does not apply to companions traveling on award tickets. If a reservation includes passengers other than the Cardmember, the Complimentary Premier Upgrade will not be processed." So if I book an award ticket for me and someone else, no matter what their status and whether or not they are a card member, no chance of an upgrade for either of us whether or not we split at OLCI?

findark

If you split the PNR, you are each on your own reservation. If you have the CC and are a Premier member, you will be CPU eligible. Same for your companion (if CC holder and Premier, then CPU).

WineCountryUA

Merged two parallel thread into http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...questions.html and archived the older posts in this thread. Please reference the above thread for future discussions.

WineCountryUA
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