Feb 12, 2018, 2:25 pm
Last edit by: drewguy
There are no complimentary upgrades on "Polaris" or premium transcon service or Hawaii (to/from ORD/EWR/IAD/IAH) flights for elites. Elites need to support their upgrades with Plus Points or miles+copay. A complete table is here
Some international flights are CPU eligible (mainly North American)
On very rare occasions if a lower cabin is overbooked, some passengers (usually by elite status) will be operational upgraded (op-up'ed)
Consolidated - Chance of Operational Upgrade (Op-Up) on my flight?
did united ever offer complimentary upgrades on international routes?
Some international flights are CPU eligible (mainly North American)
On very rare occasions if a lower cabin is overbooked, some passengers (usually by elite status) will be operational upgraded (op-up'ed)
Consolidated - Chance of Operational Upgrade (Op-Up) on my flight?
did united ever offer complimentary upgrades on international routes?
Complimentary upgrades when UA's PremPlus / Polaris cabin(s) are open? (No)
Jan 19, 2018, 12:13 pm
#62
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UA has never provided complimentary upgrades on long-haul international trips. An occasional op-up if economy overbooked, but otherwise no. Ditto for the competition.
CPUs (complimentary upgrades) are available for most North American flights (but not SFO/LAX<>EWR or SFO<>BOS and Hawaii flights from EWR/ORD/IAD/IAH )
CPUs (complimentary upgrades) are available for most North American flights (but not SFO/LAX<>EWR or SFO<>BOS and Hawaii flights from EWR/ORD/IAD/IAH )
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Jan 19, 2018, 12:55 pm
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Feb 1, 2018, 7:10 am
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Am curious ( and look forward to your input) on how UA will manage 149 EWR-GRU tonight - 3 class 772 - full eco ( apparently) 24 booked in C plus 11 blocked (op ups?) leaving 5 C class seat open and 1 out of 8 seats booked in F. One person on the UPG list.
Am flying in Z (which was already over $7,000!!) and oc course could not UPG with GPU because of booking fare too low. 1K agent told me that F is available for the usual 25,000 miles plus $500 and I have been offered a paid upg at check in $895.
Am not taking the bait even if the C seat is the abysmal sUA - will they send F out empty if nobody buys-up?
Am flying in Z (which was already over $7,000!!) and oc course could not UPG with GPU because of booking fare too low. 1K agent told me that F is available for the usual 25,000 miles plus $500 and I have been offered a paid upg at check in $895.
Am not taking the bait even if the C seat is the abysmal sUA - will they send F out empty if nobody buys-up?
Feb 1, 2018, 8:45 am
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Am curious ( and look forward to your input) on how UA will manage 149 EWR-GRU tonight - 3 class 772 - full eco ( apparently) 24 booked in C plus 11 blocked (op ups?) leaving 5 C class seat open and 1 out of 8 seats booked in F. One person on the UPG list.
Am flying in Z (which was already over $7,000!!) and oc course could not UPG with GPU because of booking fare too low. 1K agent told me that F is available for the usual 25,000 miles plus $500 and I have been offered a paid upg at check in $895.
Am not taking the bait even if the C seat is the abysmal sUA - will they send F out empty if nobody buys-up?
Am flying in Z (which was already over $7,000!!) and oc course could not UPG with GPU because of booking fare too low. 1K agent told me that F is available for the usual 25,000 miles plus $500 and I have been offered a paid upg at check in $895.
Am not taking the bait even if the C seat is the abysmal sUA - will they send F out empty if nobody buys-up?
Feb 1, 2018, 9:16 am
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Am curious ( and look forward to your input) on how UA will manage 149 EWR-GRU tonight - 3 class 772 - full eco ( apparently) 24 booked in C plus 11 blocked (op ups?) leaving 5 C class seat open and 1 out of 8 seats booked in F. One person on the UPG list.
Am flying in Z (which was already over $7,000!!) and oc course could not UPG with GPU because of booking fare too low. 1K agent told me that F is available for the usual 25,000 miles plus $500 and I have been offered a paid upg at check in $895.
Am not taking the bait even if the C seat is the abysmal sUA - will they send F out empty if nobody buys-up?
Am flying in Z (which was already over $7,000!!) and oc course could not UPG with GPU because of booking fare too low. 1K agent told me that F is available for the usual 25,000 miles plus $500 and I have been offered a paid upg at check in $895.
Am not taking the bait even if the C seat is the abysmal sUA - will they send F out empty if nobody buys-up?
According to my understanding of NonRevenues, there are already 2 on the standby lists.
Feb 1, 2018, 9:22 am
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Feb 1, 2018, 9:36 am
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On my trips to Asia, I always see them listed on the 3 lists: standby, standby to Business, standby to First. They appear on all three lists even if the plane is available in all 3 classes. So, I always assumed that these were non-revenues. I guess that for such long flights they are ready to pay the additional cost.
Anyways, for the flight to GRU tonight, there are 2 passengers waitlisted for the 3 classes.
Anyways, for the flight to GRU tonight, there are 2 passengers waitlisted for the 3 classes.
Feb 1, 2018, 10:00 am
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On my trips to Asia, I always see them listed on the 3 lists: standby, standby to Business, standby to First. They appear on all three lists even if the plane is available in all 3 classes. So, I always assumed that these were non-revenues. I guess that for such long flights they are ready to pay the additional cost.
Feb 1, 2018, 10:06 am
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Thank you for your explanation. Now I get it. I always assumed that the few ones listing only in the Y cabin were paying passengers that were trying to get on the plane as in all my Asian trips Y is fully booked (flying on week-ends).
Feb 1, 2018, 12:36 pm
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Some certainly are. But some of them are also NRSAs who only list for Y.
Feb 12, 2018, 10:45 am
#73
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Premier Exec booked in J - no automatice upgrade?
Hi Everyone,
For some reason I thought a premier executive booking in J would get an automatic upgrade to first? Seat map is showing open seats in first (4 of them) but I'm still in business....did the policy change? To be safe I requested a GPU to first but now worried that might have messed things up as it shows request wait-listed....
Is my memory totally wrong? Is there anything to do in this case?
For some reason I thought a premier executive booking in J would get an automatic upgrade to first? Seat map is showing open seats in first (4 of them) but I'm still in business....did the policy change? To be safe I requested a GPU to first but now worried that might have messed things up as it shows request wait-listed....
Is my memory totally wrong? Is there anything to do in this case?
Feb 12, 2018, 10:49 am
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What's the route? There's no automatic upgrades other than in the regions covered by https://www.united.com/web/en-US/con.../upgrades.aspx
Feb 12, 2018, 10:49 am
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Hi Everyone,
For some reason I thought a premier executive booking in J would get an automatic upgrade to first? Seat map is showing open seats in first (4 of them) but I'm still in business....did the policy change? To be safe I requested a GPU to first but now worried that might have messed things up as it shows request wait-listed....
Is my memory totally wrong? Is there anything to do in this case?
For some reason I thought a premier executive booking in J would get an automatic upgrade to first? Seat map is showing open seats in first (4 of them) but I'm still in business....did the policy change? To be safe I requested a GPU to first but now worried that might have messed things up as it shows request wait-listed....
Is my memory totally wrong? Is there anything to do in this case?
What's your actual status? Premier Executive status hasn't existed in nearly 6 years.