Another year of disappointing Platinum status
Dec 9, 2018, 2:12 am
#91
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Let’s not forget that UA’s broken SDC tool this year slowed people in Paid F on routes like LAX-SFO to SDC to (and waste space on) virtually any other hub routes, like LAX-IAH-DEN-LAX-EWR-IAD-SFO like I did once.
Not only does this waste front cabin space but probably also bloated the ranks of elites.
Not only does this waste front cabin space but probably also bloated the ranks of elites.
Dec 9, 2018, 10:57 am
#92
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I very seriously doubt it had any material impact on UA's elite ranks.
Dec 9, 2018, 11:13 am
#93
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Dec 9, 2018, 5:40 pm
#94
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: San Francisco, CA (SFO)
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Year to date, I've flown 78 total segments with UA. 66 of the 78 were routes eligible for an upgrade, and I've been upgraded on 35 of the 66. That's a 53% upgrade rate as an SFO-based 1K. Of the 31 segments where I was not upgraded, 12 were ORD-SFO or SFO-ORD, and another 10 were different hub-to-hub routes.
That said, routes matter more than anything. For the Plats upset that they're not being upgraded, just know that the Silvers, Golds and 1K's probably aren't being upgraded on those same routes either.
That said, routes matter more than anything. For the Plats upset that they're not being upgraded, just know that the Silvers, Golds and 1K's probably aren't being upgraded on those same routes either.
Dec 9, 2018, 7:51 pm
#95
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dulles
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Since we all seem to be saying that the CPU scheme is out of control and ends up frustrating almost everyone, you’d hope that the GPU and RPU would be guaranteed to compensate for the pain.
Booked for two BWI to IAH to Liberia five months ago, R was unavailable in spite of not a single seat being sold in the forward cabin. Watched the availability shrink, month by month, day by day and once again United took it to the last minute at the gate and nothing cleared. We went from 1 and 2 to 4 and 5 in the last two hours. Is there a rush of 1k’s with instruments who zoom to the front?
Sad when I felt almost grateful when we were allowed to sit in our paid First/Business seats on the return to Dulles via IAH. United met expectations must be a catch?
Booked for two BWI to IAH to Liberia five months ago, R was unavailable in spite of not a single seat being sold in the forward cabin. Watched the availability shrink, month by month, day by day and once again United took it to the last minute at the gate and nothing cleared. We went from 1 and 2 to 4 and 5 in the last two hours. Is there a rush of 1k’s with instruments who zoom to the front?
Sad when I felt almost grateful when we were allowed to sit in our paid First/Business seats on the return to Dulles via IAH. United met expectations must be a catch?
Dec 10, 2018, 1:37 am
#96
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Year to date, I've flown 78 total segments with UA. 66 of the 78 were routes eligible for an upgrade, and I've been upgraded on 35 of the 66. That's a 53% upgrade rate as an SFO-based 1K. Of the 31 segments where I was not upgraded, 12 were ORD-SFO or SFO-ORD, and another 10 were different hub-to-hub routes.
That said, routes matter more than anything. For the Plats upset that they're not being upgraded, just know that the Silvers, Golds and 1K's probably aren't being upgraded on those same routes either.
That said, routes matter more than anything. For the Plats upset that they're not being upgraded, just know that the Silvers, Golds and 1K's probably aren't being upgraded on those same routes either.
Dec 10, 2018, 9:07 pm
#97
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Can you share more details on the 35 that were upgraded? Were any of these hub-hub routes and if so were they redeye flights or other undesirable qualities (i.e. 6am departures)? Because as 1K I have yet to find a CPU on a hub-hub route during weekday business hours. OTOH Mexico is usually no problema.
BOI-DEN, CVG-SFO, DEN-ORD, DEN-SFO, GEG-SFO, GRR-EWR, GRR-ORD (3x), IAH-MSY, LAS-SFO, LAX-LIH, LAX-SFO, LIH-LAX, ORD-BOS, ORD-CVG, ORD-GRR (2x), ORD-LAX, ORD-SFO, SAT-LAX, SFO-BOI, SFO-DEN (2x), SFO-GEG, SFO-LAS, TVC-ORD