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
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[Consolidated] Chance of upgrade clearing on my flight {Archive}
Jan 25, 2019, 10:34 pm
#3616
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Jan 25, 2019, 11:21 pm
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Jan 26, 2019, 12:18 am
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Jan 26, 2019, 1:25 pm
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Applied a GPU on IAH-SCL leaving tomorrow. I am Premier Gold and it is a B-fare.
24 out of 30 seats are currently sold.
J5 JN5 C5 D5 Z5 ZN5 P5 PN2 PZ0 IN0 I0 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 XN9 X9
PN2 means no GS and full-fare 1K's are standing by for upgrade correct? any chance for me?
24 out of 30 seats are currently sold.
J5 JN5 C5 D5 Z5 ZN5 P5 PN2 PZ0 IN0 I0 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 XN9 X9
PN2 means no GS and full-fare 1K's are standing by for upgrade correct? any chance for me?
Jan 26, 2019, 1:28 pm
#3620
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899$ for direct upgrade, I’m not with the first 5 on the upgrade list so it’s gonna be in the back :-(
Jan 26, 2019, 3:24 pm
#3621
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I would say that that offer is in the normal range but is bad since it seemed that you had paid a high fare. After missing an upgrade on a long haul international flying on the weekend, I started flying middle of the week. All travel for work but I do have some flexibility on days of travel for work and take care of the family side by bringing my wife with me on those trips.
Jan 27, 2019, 6:12 am
#3622
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And the upgrade cleared for both of us on the outbound!
Jan 28, 2019, 8:04 am
#3623
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EWR - BOM
Waitlisted for EWR-BOM on Feb 17. Currently business is booked 28/60 3 weeks out. Any idea what my chances are?
Feb 4, 2019, 4:18 pm
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Last edited by WineCountryUA; Feb 9, 2019 at 9:09 pm
Feb 8, 2019, 8:37 am
#3625
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I'm flying from IAD to NRT in approximately 2 weeks, flight 803 midweek. E+ looks wide open now.
Availability is: J9; JN9; C9 D9 Z9 ZN9 P9 PN5 PZ2 IN0 I0 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 XN9 X9
I'm Premier Silver, flying on H Class ticket. Any hope that I may score an automatic upgrade to Polaris, or is this a total pipe dream? Buy up is 30K miles + 450 bucks. Not sure that's worth it to me.
Nevermind - answered my own question here: https://www.united.com/web/en-us/con...POS=US#regions - Japan doesn't apply to complimentary upgrades.
Availability is: J9; JN9; C9 D9 Z9 ZN9 P9 PN5 PZ2 IN0 I0 Y9 YN9 B9 M9 E9 U9 H9 HN9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 T9 L9 K9 G9 N9 XN9 X9
I'm Premier Silver, flying on H Class ticket. Any hope that I may score an automatic upgrade to Polaris, or is this a total pipe dream? Buy up is 30K miles + 450 bucks. Not sure that's worth it to me.
Nevermind - answered my own question here: https://www.united.com/web/en-us/con...POS=US#regions - Japan doesn't apply to complimentary upgrades.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Feb 8, 2019 at 1:12 pm Reason: merged update / consecutive posts by same member
Feb 8, 2019, 8:51 am
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Nevermind - answered my own question here: https://www.united.com/web/en-us/con...POS=US#regions - Japan doesn't apply to complimentary upgrades.
Note that the PN class that you highlighted is only available for Global Services upgrades. Everyone else clears into PZ. The fact that the flight is PZ2 means that a miles + copay upgrade would clear immediately, if you were to decide that it was worth the $450 + 30K miles. In general, though, most people agree with your sentiment that it's not a great value.
You may get a buy-up offer during check-in. Other than that, the only way you'd be upgraded is if Economy were oversold and all higher-status members had already been bumped up. As a Silver, the chances of that are essentially zero.
Feb 8, 2019, 8:58 am
#3627
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Correct.
Note that the PN class that you highlighted is only available for Global Services upgrades. Everyone else clears into PZ. The fact that the flight is PZ2 means that a miles + copay upgrade would clear immediately, if you were to decide that it was worth the $450 + 30K miles. In general, though, most people agree with your sentiment that it's not a great value.
You may get a buy-up offer during check-in. Other than that, the only way you'd be upgraded is if Economy were oversold and all higher-status members had already been bumped up. As a Silver, the chances of that are essentially zero.
Note that the PN class that you highlighted is only available for Global Services upgrades. Everyone else clears into PZ. The fact that the flight is PZ2 means that a miles + copay upgrade would clear immediately, if you were to decide that it was worth the $450 + 30K miles. In general, though, most people agree with your sentiment that it's not a great value.
You may get a buy-up offer during check-in. Other than that, the only way you'd be upgraded is if Economy were oversold and all higher-status members had already been bumped up. As a Silver, the chances of that are essentially zero.
Feb 8, 2019, 10:31 am
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Agreed, 14 hour flight (15 hours seat time) and a guaranteed upgrade, I would definitely do it at that price.
Feb 8, 2019, 2:50 pm
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I am not sure if this has ever been covered, but I have noted that the CPU's have decreased substantially in the last year or two. However, I noticed a data point today, I am sure someone else has brought this up before, but never heard if there was a consensus on this or why they are doing it. I had 5 co-worked on the 12:30 DEN/MSP flight today. Each one of them is Platinum or higher and cleared this week. However, the Upgrade list shows that there were no upgrades given out. I have assumed that this is a way to make lesser status holders feel better about their status or to help monetize the TOD's. Was this ever discussed anywhere?
Feb 8, 2019, 3:03 pm
#3630
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I just had a CPU clear for ORD-DEN on Monday. Wasn’t even paying attention/expecting it.
