Yet again standby passengers upgraded before regular waitlist
Nov 15, 2018, 4:41 am
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Yet again standby passengers upgraded before regular waitlist
beeb wait listed for three months was number 3 with four seats and then four standby passengers all upgraded. Not the first tine how does this happen 
Nov 15, 2018, 7:51 am
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I see you pointedly did not show the Upgraded list. From what you show, there is no evidence they were upgraded. They could have been standing by for F, or were disserviced F passengers from another flight.
Nov 15, 2018, 8:18 am
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Nov 15, 2018, 8:18 am
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You can call 1k customer service and they can see if it was a nonrev that was upgraded instead of you.
Nov 15, 2018, 9:18 am
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There's definitely something funky here. You can't standby for the premium cabin.
Though it's not necessarily shenanigans. There have been lots of issues with the app display recently, as UA makes changes to fare buckets and other features.
Though it's not necessarily shenanigans. There have been lots of issues with the app display recently, as UA makes changes to fare buckets and other features.
Nov 15, 2018, 10:16 am
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The upgrade list for that flight (now that it's closed) doesn't show anyone upgraded, so part of this could be funkiness with app. And given that app is no longer showing upgrades, also possible the Smisek family was using GPUs and/or had higher fare class than OP, but hadn't checked in (and showed as standby not upgrade because the app's upgrade list is crap these days).
Nov 15, 2018, 10:25 am
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The upgrade list for that flight (now that it's closed) doesn't show anyone upgraded, so part of this could be funkiness with app. And given that app is no longer showing upgrades, also possible the Smisek family was using GPUs and/or had higher fare class than OP, but hadn't checked in (and showed as standby not upgrade because the app's upgrade list is crap these days).
Nov 15, 2018, 10:30 am
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YES you can, when you are protected you are on the premium cabin standby list. You won't see them on the app screen. Last week out of ORD I was protected on flight and was on standby list.
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Nov 15, 2018, 10:39 am
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Nov 15, 2018, 10:45 am
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This has been reported repeatedly now on the boards (including by me). United will now only show 1K and lower upgraded after check-in and on domestic flights only. GS on domestic won't even show up as upgraded any longer based on many reports.
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Nov 15, 2018, 1:56 pm
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I can assure you that minutes before this screen showed that me and two above me were going to clear before it went SMI X 3 and as other poster says they were not shown on regular standby list