Feb 9, 2019, 8:39 pm
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[Consolidated] Chance of upgrade clearing on my flight
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[Consolidated] Chance of upgrade clearing on my flight
Related thread - Understanding the United Upgrade List Comprehensively
[Consolidated] Chance of upgrade clearing on my flight {Archive}
Aug 3, 2018, 2:05 pm
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Aug 12 is a Sunday -- probably the worst day of the week for SFO-LHR upgrades. However, Aug 12th is peak vacation time for UK/Europeans and business travel is down a bit.
K fare will be a detriment as GPU folks will be on a W or higher fare. So you will be behind most folks using GPUs.
If this does clear, it will be at the gate
K fare will be a detriment as GPU folks will be on a W or higher fare. So you will be behind most folks using GPUs.
If this does clear, it will be at the gate
Aug 3, 2018, 2:09 pm
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Agree 45/60 ten days out is likely to be a nail biter.
Aug 3, 2018, 2:46 pm
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What would be the odds of getting an upgrade with miles and copay between SFO and AKL in January or early Feb?
Would odds be better certain days of the week than others?
I'm a Gold.
Current fares for both coach and business are very high. At least 30-40% higher than fares to Australia, for instance.
Would odds be better certain days of the week than others?
I'm a Gold.
Current fares for both coach and business are very high. At least 30-40% higher than fares to Australia, for instance.
Aug 3, 2018, 3:30 pm
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Standard answer on the day of the week: mid-week (for departure and arrival -- take in account the day/lost due timezones)
Aug 3, 2018, 6:55 pm
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Aug 12 is a Sunday -- probably the worst day of the week for SFO-LHR upgrades. However, Aug 12th is peak vacation time for UK/Europeans and business travel is down a bit.
K fare will be a detriment as GPU folks will be on a W or higher fare. So you will be behind most folks using GPUs.
If this does clear, it will be at the gate
K fare will be a detriment as GPU folks will be on a W or higher fare. So you will be behind most folks using GPUs.
If this does clear, it will be at the gate
I'd say your chances are quite low. At the gate, at best.
It's not impossible that they'd split the PNR if you were just to call to ask for a quote, but it's highly unlikely if you make it clear that you're interested in the price for both of you to change. If you were looking for the price to change just your ticket, the agent might split the PNR in order to get the price.
It's not impossible that they'd split the PNR if you were just to call to ask for a quote, but it's highly unlikely if you make it clear that you're interested in the price for both of you to change. If you were looking for the price to change just your ticket, the agent might split the PNR in order to get the price.
Thanks everyone. I should have done more research about which days were harder for upgrades (ie Sat/Sun) before purchasing. Since R=0 for all of the dates when I booked, I didn't think much about it. And I maybe made the wrong call of K fare + MUA vs buying up to W, but I didn't want to be out the additional money if the upgrade didn't clear either way.
I called united and it's a $1K difference per ticket to move to a day with R>=2. A little too rich for my blood.
So it's unlikely that R inventory will open between now and TOD?
Aug 3, 2018, 6:59 pm
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Aug 3, 2018, 7:01 pm
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Aug 3, 2018, 7:03 pm
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Aug 4, 2018, 1:38 pm
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What would be the odds of getting an upgrade with miles and copay between SFO and AKL in January or early Feb?
Would odds be better certain days of the week than others?
I'm a Gold.
Current fares for both coach and business are very high. At least 30-40% higher than fares to Australia, for instance.
Would odds be better certain days of the week than others?
I'm a Gold.
Current fares for both coach and business are very high. At least 30-40% higher than fares to Australia, for instance.
Probably not for a Sunday flight, but you never know. August is a strange grab bag for TATL because European business grinds to a halt for the month. I just went 2/3 for op-ups on EU short segments, and my LH flight home had me surrounded by op-ups from PE (whoops, waste of a GPU perhaps
).
Aug 5, 2018, 1:51 pm
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A few itineraries I'm looking at, trying to determine which upgradable flight to purchase (I intend to acquire RPUs/GPUs to apply to these flights; if I understand correctly, the status of the owner of the upgrade instrument influences the order in which they're applied [i.e. if I get it from a GS member, that will be processed before RPUs from a 1k member?]); guidance as to which flight each date I should purchase (which flight will have the highest likelihood of opening R space) is appreciated!
09/20-09/25 CLE-SAN
02/05-02/09 CLE-HNL
03/23-03/30 CLE-LIR
09/20-09/25 CLE-SAN
02/05-02/09 CLE-HNL
03/23-03/30 CLE-LIR
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Aug 5, 2018, 3:28 pm
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Edit: Deleting what I quoted from your original post does not change the fact that selling/buying upgrade instruments is against United Airlines' program rules. It's not the readers here that your need to worry about. I'm not sure how much help you're going to get when you state up front you're going to break the rules most others play by.
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Aug 5, 2018, 6:08 pm
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A few itineraries I'm looking at, trying to determine which upgradable flight to purchase (I intend to acquire RPUs/GPUs to apply to these flights; if I understand correctly, the status of the owner of the upgrade instrument influences the order in which they're applied [i.e. if I get it from a GS member, that will be processed before RPUs from a 1k member?] ....
Aug 6, 2018, 12:21 am
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Edit: Less than 12 hours later, switched to old configuration...
Stitched to 9C from 8C. Whoever was in row 9 on placeholder and in new configuration may have switched themselves to (now) bad seats, maybe row 23? . Should be safe whatever shows up if upgrade doesn't come though.
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Aug 6, 2018, 11:05 am
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Buying/selling of upgrades is against United's program rules. UA routinely poses as buyers and will shut down the accounts of those selling certificates and void the ones issued. You could end up with nothing.
Edit: Deleting what I quoted from your original post does not change the fact that selling/buying upgrade instruments is against United Airlines' program rules. It's not the readers here that your need to worry about. I'm not sure how much help you're going to get when you state up front you're going to break the rules most others play by.
Edit: Deleting what I quoted from your original post does not change the fact that selling/buying upgrade instruments is against United Airlines' program rules. It's not the readers here that your need to worry about. I'm not sure how much help you're going to get when you state up front you're going to break the rules most others play by.
Aug 6, 2018, 11:21 am
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At about midnight CST (~T-65), the placeholder was gone and looks like new configuration is scheduled. Only one coach seat (24D) was available on placeholder. Now, a whole bunch of additional seats/rows now selectable. Took 8D, freeing up 21C. Now I just need RPU to clear so this exercise is a waste of my time …
Edit: Less than 12 hours later, switched to old configuration...
Stitched to 9C from 8C. Whoever was in row 9 on placeholder and in new configuration may have switched themselves to (now) bad seats, maybe row 23? . Should be safe whatever shows up if upgrade doesn't come though.
…Edit: Less than 12 hours later, switched to old configuration...
Stitched to 9C from 8C. Whoever was in row 9 on placeholder and in new configuration may have switched themselves to (now) bad seats, maybe row 23? . Should be safe whatever shows up if upgrade doesn't come though.
