Feb 9, 2019, 8:39 pm
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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
Related thread - Understanding the United Upgrade List Comprehensively
[Consolidated] Chance of upgrade clearing on my flight {Archive}
Aug 21, 2018, 10:02 am
#3016
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Both flights ticketed and confirmed on 7/26. On United site, show upgrade requested. In seat selection section, each flight appears twice, I assume because of the upgrade request. Only other time I used a GPU, it was instant and on the phone so not familiar with what is normal.
The reason that last time you could get to use your GPU instantly is that you booked a flight that had available R fare. The flights you booked this time are R0 and PN0. Your upgrade will clear if it becomes R1 or higher and you are the next passenger in the waitlist. The PN0 means that even Global Service passengers would have their upgrade waitlisted on your flights but United will open (if they open it) PN before they open R.
Aug 21, 2018, 10:08 am
#3017
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Thank you both for the replies! So, my take away is at this point a moderate maybe? Odds don't look terrible but also don't look great?
Also, dumb question, where do you see if the flight is R0/ PN0, etc? I have read a little about "advanced mode" for searching United flights but don't totally understand what it does. Is this how you are seeing that information?
Thanks again, sorry if this topic has already been beaten to death, trying to research before asking as much as possible.
Also, dumb question, where do you see if the flight is R0/ PN0, etc? I have read a little about "advanced mode" for searching United flights but don't totally understand what it does. Is this how you are seeing that information?
Thanks again, sorry if this topic has already been beaten to death, trying to research before asking as much as possible.
Aug 21, 2018, 10:33 am
#3018
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Thank you both for the replies! So, my take away is at this point a moderate maybe? Odds don't look terrible but also don't look great?
Also, dumb question, where do you see if the flight is R0/ PN0, etc? I have read a little about "advanced mode" for searching United flights but don't totally understand what it does. Is this how you are seeing that information?
Thanks again, sorry if this topic has already been beaten to death, trying to research before asking as much as possible.
Also, dumb question, where do you see if the flight is R0/ PN0, etc? I have read a little about "advanced mode" for searching United flights but don't totally understand what it does. Is this how you are seeing that information?
Thanks again, sorry if this topic has already been beaten to death, trying to research before asking as much as possible.
You have to enable expert mode, and then you will see the inventory numbers in the 'details' under each flight returned by a search. To get accurate numbers, you need to be searching segment by segment, rather than with your connection (if any; none in this case it seems).
Here is a thread with more information (which you may have already found):
Expert Mode fare information not visible or working [REPAIRED for rev. searches].
Aug 21, 2018, 11:42 am
#3019
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Jsloan - Sorry for what is probably a stupid question, how do you get the flight status page for flights more than a few days away? Obviously, you can as proven by your links, just can't figure out how to get dates more than the few days available in the drop-down menu.
Thank you again!
Thank you again!
Aug 21, 2018, 11:44 am
#3020
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Jsloan - Sorry for what is probably a stupid question, how do you get the flight status page for flights more than a few days away? Obviously, you can as proven by your links, just can't figure out how to get dates more than the few days available in the drop-down menu.
Thank you again!
Thank you again!
You input your flight number, the date, the origin and destination. Then you click on the United Polaris Business Upgrade Standby list. It gives you how many Business Class seats are sold and how many Business Class seats are on that flight.
Aug 21, 2018, 11:47 am
#3021
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Jsloan - Sorry for what is probably a stupid question, how do you get the flight status page for flights more than a few days away? Obviously, you can as proven by your links, just can't figure out how to get dates more than the few days available in the drop-down menu.
Thank you again!
Thank you again!
The website is: www.cablepick.net/united.
Aug 21, 2018, 11:51 am
#3022
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It's not a stupid question at all; no reason to be sorry.
This provides a great interface to allow you to pull up flights from the future. The only problem is that the page that you end up hitting (on United's site) no longer has the flight information in the URL and can't be bookmarked / copy-and-pasted. So, I actually do the same thing that the cablepick site does by hand. (The URLs all follow the same pattern). But, yes, if you're just trying to use the URLs for your own edification and not post links anywhere, just use this site.
This provides a great interface to allow you to pull up flights from the future. The only problem is that the page that you end up hitting (on United's site) no longer has the flight information in the URL and can't be bookmarked / copy-and-pasted. So, I actually do the same thing that the cablepick site does by hand. (The URLs all follow the same pattern). But, yes, if you're just trying to use the URLs for your own edification and not post links anywhere, just use this site.
Aug 21, 2018, 11:56 am
#3023
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This provides a great interface to allow you to pull up flights from the future. The only problem is that the page that you end up hitting (on United's site) no longer has the flight information in the URL and can't be bookmarked / copy-and-pasted. So, I actually do the same thing that the cablepick site does by hand. (The URLs all follow the same pattern). But, yes, if you're just trying to use the URLs for your own edification and not post links anywhere, just use this site.
But, I'll get it eventually.
Aug 21, 2018, 12:09 pm
#3024
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In case you hadn't noticed, cablepick uses a cookie to save your searched flights. So you can input the flight number, etc., look at the flight status, and then go back to cablepick and just right-click copy the link it generated in the Previous Searches list to put in your bookmarks. I find that slightly faster than writing the URL myself.
As for the speed -- I have it in my terminal history, so I can get to the URL quickly and then edit the fields. It would also be trivial to write a shell script to generate and print / open the URL, but I haven't bothered.When you hit any of these flight status links, you end up on the same results.asp page no matter what the flight number is. Bookmarking that page won't help. You need to bookmark the page that contains the flight information, which United's servers read and then send everyone to results.asp to see the results.
This is OT for the Upgrades thread, though.
Aug 21, 2018, 2:46 pm
#3025
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 3
What are my chances?
Hello fellow FT users,
Please share some thoughts on my mileage plus upgrade going through (general tier member, K classed booked):
UA37, departing LAX to SIN on August 27th. 33/48 United Business Polaris booked.
Opened fares: J9, JN9, C9, D9, Z9, ZN9, P9, and PN, R, RN, IN, I all zero.
I’ve been on the waitlist for over a month.
Please share some thoughts on my mileage plus upgrade going through (general tier member, K classed booked):
UA37, departing LAX to SIN on August 27th. 33/48 United Business Polaris booked.
Opened fares: J9, JN9, C9, D9, Z9, ZN9, P9, and PN, R, RN, IN, I all zero.
I’ve been on the waitlist for over a month.
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Aug 21, 2018, 2:54 pm
#3026
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You have a chance with fifteen open seats six days out. Not a great chance, but at least a chance.
Aug 21, 2018, 3:04 pm
#3027
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Aug 21, 2018, 8:05 pm
#3028
Join Date: Aug 2018
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Ord-Nrt Aug25 Upgrade Chance
Hey folks,
would like to know now chance of getting an upgrade to Polaris on UA881 ORD-NRT for Sat Aug 25.
Applied GPU for Economy booked under H class. 1K status.
Expert view shows J9 JN9 P0 R0 RN0
United is showing 38 out of 40sold, but seat map shows 9 available.
First class is wide open 0 out of 8 booked, although 1 will go to the pilot.
Any thoughts from you gurus if I should keep hopes alive, especially for a Sat Narita flight.
Cheers
would like to know now chance of getting an upgrade to Polaris on UA881 ORD-NRT for Sat Aug 25.
Applied GPU for Economy booked under H class. 1K status.
Expert view shows J9 JN9 P0 R0 RN0
United is showing 38 out of 40sold, but seat map shows 9 available.
First class is wide open 0 out of 8 booked, although 1 will go to the pilot.
Any thoughts from you gurus if I should keep hopes alive, especially for a Sat Narita flight.
Cheers
Aug 21, 2018, 8:29 pm
#3029
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Hey folks,
would like to know now chance of getting an upgrade to Polaris on UA881 ORD-NRT for Sat Aug 25.
Applied GPU for Economy booked under H class. 1K status.
Expert view shows J9 JN9 P0 R0 RN0
United is showing 38 out of 40sold, but seat map shows 9 available.
First class is wide open 0 out of 8 booked, although 1 will go to the pilot.
Any thoughts from you gurus if I should keep hopes alive, especially for a Sat Narita flight.
Cheers
would like to know now chance of getting an upgrade to Polaris on UA881 ORD-NRT for Sat Aug 25.
Applied GPU for Economy booked under H class. 1K status.
Expert view shows J9 JN9 P0 R0 RN0
United is showing 38 out of 40sold, but seat map shows 9 available.
First class is wide open 0 out of 8 booked, although 1 will go to the pilot.
Any thoughts from you gurus if I should keep hopes alive, especially for a Sat Narita flight.
Cheers
Welcome to FlyerTalk!
Per UA policy, they will not clear upgrades from Y to J unless there's space. They will not move passengers to F to make room for an upgrade from Y unless Y is oversold. Your best bet is to hope for a Y oversale or that there are a couple of J passengers with GPUs applied to move to F. Otherwise, it doesn't look good.
Aug 21, 2018, 8:34 pm
#3030
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