RPU / PlusPoints non-Polaris flight upgrade SUCCESS (thru 2019)
Oct 9, 2018, 10:51 am
#91
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: NYC, FLL
Programs: UA PP 1MM, Marriott Bonvoy LTTE, BA Gold
Posts: 6,337
Route: LAX-EWR
Flight Date: 11/05/2018
Plane: 752 P.S.
When applied: 09/10/2018
When cleared: 10/08/2018
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: G
Elite Status/Level: 1K
Upgrade confirmation email came through yesterday. I was shocked, actually. (It's after my 40th birthday weekend and I will need the lie-flat seat...
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Flight Date: 11/05/2018
Plane: 752 P.S.
When applied: 09/10/2018
When cleared: 10/08/2018
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: G
Elite Status/Level: 1K
Upgrade confirmation email came through yesterday. I was shocked, actually. (It's after my 40th birthday weekend and I will need the lie-flat seat...
)
Oct 9, 2018, 12:30 pm
#92
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, AA, DL
Posts: 7,425
Route: SFO-IAD
Flight Date: 10/29/2018 [redeye]
Plane: 737-800
When applied: 10/1/2018 (booking)
When cleared: 10/7/2018
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: T
Elite Status/Level: Plat
From the looks of it, a CPU would probably have cleared . . . E+ virtually empty.
Flight Date: 10/29/2018 [redeye]
Plane: 737-800
When applied: 10/1/2018 (booking)
When cleared: 10/7/2018
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: T
Elite Status/Level: Plat
From the looks of it, a CPU would probably have cleared . . . E+ virtually empty.
Oct 9, 2018, 4:28 pm
#93
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: TPE, SF, DC
Programs: UA Lifetime GS 4mm
Posts: 891
Rpu trending up 2019
Route: SFO-IAD
Plane: 737-900
When applied: at booking, 4 weeks before flight
When cleared: 3 days before flight
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: T
Elite ?: Yes, 1k
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Route: LAX-IAD
Plane: 737-900
When applied: at booking, 4 weeks before flight
When cleared: 1 day before flight
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: G
Elite ?: Yes, 1k
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Route: EWR-SFO
Plane: 752
When applied: at booking, 6 weeks before flight
When cleared: 2 hours before flight
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: T
Elite ?: Yes, 1k
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Route: SFO-BOS
Plane: 752
When applied: at booking, 9 weeks before flight
When cleared: 1 week before flight
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: T
Elite ?: Yes, 1k
Oct 22, 2018, 7:31 am
#99
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: NYC, BLR, LHR, SIN and a few others
Programs: UA 1K 1.01 MM
Posts: 1,245
Last week for FIA:
LGA-ORD - at booking
ORD-LGA - a week out (I paid the change fee, to move timing and there was R1)
Still 2 left to try and burn but no more domestic travel booked at present.
LGA-ORD - at booking
ORD-LGA - a week out (I paid the change fee, to move timing and there was R1)
Still 2 left to try and burn but no more domestic travel booked at present.
Dec 6, 2018, 5:01 am
#100
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC (Primarily EWR)
Programs: UA 1K / *G, Marriott Bonvoy Gold; Avis PC
Posts: 9,013
One I cleared for my wife:
Route: EWR-IAH
Flight Date: 12/6/2018
Plane: 737-900
When applied: 12/5/2018
When cleared: This morning (not sure exactly when)
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: S
Elite Status/Level: 1K
Saw that the plane was 18/20 yesterday evening, so decided to toss an RPU and see where she'd end up on the upgrade list. Came out as being #2 out of 40 and got the last spot this morning.
Route: EWR-IAH
Flight Date: 12/6/2018
Plane: 737-900
When applied: 12/5/2018
When cleared: This morning (not sure exactly when)
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: S
Elite Status/Level: 1K
Saw that the plane was 18/20 yesterday evening, so decided to toss an RPU and see where she'd end up on the upgrade list. Came out as being #2 out of 40 and got the last spot this morning.
Jan 10, 2019, 8:38 am
#102
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada
Programs: UA*1K MM SK EBG LATAM BL
Posts: 23,328
Route: SFO-YYZ
Flight Date: April
Plane: A320
When applied: at booking
When cleared: at booking
# of passengers: 2
Booking class: K (lowest)
Elite Status/Level: 1K+none
Flight Date: April
Plane: A320
When applied: at booking
When cleared: at booking
# of passengers: 2
Booking class: K (lowest)
Elite Status/Level: 1K+none
Jan 12, 2019, 11:40 am
#103
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC (Primarily EWR)
Programs: UA 1K / *G, Marriott Bonvoy Gold; Avis PC
Posts: 9,013
Route: EWR-DEN
Flight Date: 1/15/19
Plane: 737-900
When applied: 12/18/18
When cleared: T-72h
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: S
Elite Status/Level: 1K
Flight Date: 1/15/19
Plane: 737-900
When applied: 12/18/18
When cleared: T-72h
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: S
Elite Status/Level: 1K
Jan 15, 2019, 9:14 am
#104
Join Date: Dec 2018
Programs: mileage plus
Posts: 47
RPU success on Copa
After a bit of hassle (Copa took 36 hours to ticket a reservation purchased on the Copa website, and then several on the 1k desk did not believe that I needed to be transferred to the Mexico city office) I finally achieved, for 2 RPU's:
Route: SFO-PTY-UIO Return
Flight Date: 2/3/19
Plane: 737-Max/737-800/737-800/737-Max (Note - the 737-Max-9 features lie-flat seats - yay)
When applied: 1/15/19
When cleared: 1/15/19
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: L/L/L/L
Status/Level: 1K
Route: SFO-PTY-UIO Return
Flight Date: 2/3/19
Plane: 737-Max/737-800/737-800/737-Max (Note - the 737-Max-9 features lie-flat seats - yay)
When applied: 1/15/19
When cleared: 1/15/19
# of passengers: 1
Booking class: L/L/L/L
Status/Level: 1K
Jan 15, 2019, 9:59 am
#105
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: LAX
Programs: UA 1K MM; Bonvoy Titanium; most other FF programs...
Posts: 654
So, was waitlisted yesterday (1/14) on LAX-IAH on a 777-200HD with an RPU, connecting to IAH-ATL (E-175) that had previously cleared on booking about a month back. Odds were not looking good (booked 26, then full, morning of departure) and I kept dropping on the wait list.
Saw that an earlier (by 1:30) LAX-IAH flight on a 757-200 (lie-flat) had PZ1 avail, so called in and made same-day change and got upgraded instantaneously. So while it counts as a "success", had I not been checking and switched, my original booking request wouldn't have cleared. I kept checking the old flight on the 777 and saw that I would have been first loser, as 3 ppl ended up clearing, and I was #4 .
Saw that an earlier (by 1:30) LAX-IAH flight on a 757-200 (lie-flat) had PZ1 avail, so called in and made same-day change and got upgraded instantaneously. So while it counts as a "success", had I not been checking and switched, my original booking request wouldn't have cleared. I kept checking the old flight on the 777 and saw that I would have been first loser, as 3 ppl ended up clearing, and I was #4 .