Jan 2, 2019, 3:38 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
GPU upgrade SUCCESS 2019Consider posting:
1. Route
2. Date
3. Fare class (New Codes for PE this year!)
4. Y-O, Y-J, O-J
5. How many days/weeks in advance ticket was purchased
6. How many hours/days/weeks before departure did upgrade clear
For Reference: GPU upgrade SUCCESS 2018
GPU upgrade SUCCESS 2017
GPU upgrade SUCCESS 2016
GPU upgrade SUCCESS 2015
GPU / PlusPoints Polaris flight upgrade SUCCESS 2019
Mar 12, 2019, 1:24 pm
#106
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: ORD
Programs: 1K
Posts: 121
1. SFO-AKL
2. 03/22/19
3. V
4. V-PZ
5. 01/08/19
6. Cleared this morning
2. 03/22/19
3. V
4. V-PZ
5. 01/08/19
6. Cleared this morning
Mar 13, 2019, 12:09 am
#107
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Latin America and USA
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Gold
Posts: 456
1. SFO-TPE
2. 4/14/19
3. W
4. W->PZ
5. Purchased 9/24/19
6. Cleared in early March, 2019
Now really hoping that TPE-SFO on 4/12/19 will clear. Would upgrade to PP and continue waitlisting for PZ if the website would allow me too… the price to do so on the phone is not workable.
2. 4/14/19
3. W
4. W->PZ
5. Purchased 9/24/19
6. Cleared in early March, 2019
Now really hoping that TPE-SFO on 4/12/19 will clear. Would upgrade to PP and continue waitlisting for PZ if the website would allow me too… the price to do so on the phone is not workable.
Mar 13, 2019, 3:30 pm
#108
Join Date: Nov 2010
Programs: United 1K
Posts: 38
- SFO-HKG
- 3/14/2019
- W
- W-->PZ
- cleared T-24ish
2/2 for the calendar year.
Mar 15, 2019, 6:39 am
#109
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: NYC (Primarily EWR)
Programs: UA 1K / *G, Marriott Bonvoy Gold; Avis PC
Posts: 8,994
Done via schedule change...saving me 2 stops on the way home:
1. PEK-EWR
2. 4/21/19
3. W
4. Y-C
5. ~1 month
6. At booking
1. PEK-EWR
2. 4/21/19
3. W
4. Y-C
5. ~1 month
6. At booking
Mar 16, 2019, 12:07 pm
#110
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: SAN
Programs: 1K (since 2008), *G (since 1990), 1MM
Posts: 3,214
Work to an email this morning (used to them arriving on Monday not Saturday).
1. ORD-CDG
2. W fare
3. Flight is July 2019
4. Booked January 2019
5. Upgrade to J in March 2019.
On the same reservation
1. CDG-SFO
2. W fare
3. Flight is June 2019
4. Booked January 2019
5. Upgrade to J in March 2019
1. SYD-SFO
2. W fare
3. Flight is July 2019
4. Booked January 2019
5. Upgrade to J at time of booking
Still waiting for the SFO-SYD and SFO-ORD legs to be upgraded but happy with the dynamic processing of all these upgrades (I did not call in but waited for the system to work and it did).
Separate reservation
1. SFO-SIN
2. W fare
3. Flight is July 2019
4. Booked February 2019
5. Upgrade to J at time of booking
1. SIN-SFO
2. W fare
3. Flight is July 2019
4. Booked February 2019
5. Upgraded to J at time of booking
Did not check for PZ availability. System handled it appropriately. Domestic legs not upgraded (okay with that!)
Still waiting for my March/April 2019 LHR flights but am hoping these happen at the gate, especially as one of the GPUs is from last year. Also waiting for a May flight SFO-FRA but trying the new PP on that flight. Still have another two GPUs to apply for travel later in the year but if the LHR flight in March comes through I think UA may be getting the additional PQD they want from me to be 1K next year.
1. ORD-CDG
2. W fare
3. Flight is July 2019
4. Booked January 2019
5. Upgrade to J in March 2019.
On the same reservation
1. CDG-SFO
2. W fare
3. Flight is June 2019
4. Booked January 2019
5. Upgrade to J in March 2019
1. SYD-SFO
2. W fare
3. Flight is July 2019
4. Booked January 2019
5. Upgrade to J at time of booking
Still waiting for the SFO-SYD and SFO-ORD legs to be upgraded but happy with the dynamic processing of all these upgrades (I did not call in but waited for the system to work and it did).
Separate reservation
1. SFO-SIN
2. W fare
3. Flight is July 2019
4. Booked February 2019
5. Upgrade to J at time of booking
1. SIN-SFO
2. W fare
3. Flight is July 2019
4. Booked February 2019
5. Upgraded to J at time of booking
Did not check for PZ availability. System handled it appropriately. Domestic legs not upgraded (okay with that!)
Still waiting for my March/April 2019 LHR flights but am hoping these happen at the gate, especially as one of the GPUs is from last year. Also waiting for a May flight SFO-FRA but trying the new PP on that flight. Still have another two GPUs to apply for travel later in the year but if the LHR flight in March comes through I think UA may be getting the additional PQD they want from me to be 1K next year.
Mar 17, 2019, 11:58 am
#111
Join Date: Oct 2002
Programs: United Premier 1K
Posts: 1,230
1. LHR-IAD
2. June 17
3. W
4. W->PZ
5. 3 months
6. 3 months minus 2 hours. Flight was PZ0 when I booked it and applied the GPU. I confirmed that I showed as waitlisted for the upgrade. I went into my reservation a few hours later and it showed me upgraded to PZ. I did not receive any e-mail confirming the upgrade. Seems like a strange coincidence - is it perhaps giving some evidence that UA will periodically sweep flights with a waiting list to (algorithmically of course) reconsider PZ availability? (or is that giving UA too much credit and I should just chalk it up to pure luck)
2. June 17
3. W
4. W->PZ
5. 3 months
6. 3 months minus 2 hours. Flight was PZ0 when I booked it and applied the GPU. I confirmed that I showed as waitlisted for the upgrade. I went into my reservation a few hours later and it showed me upgraded to PZ. I did not receive any e-mail confirming the upgrade. Seems like a strange coincidence - is it perhaps giving some evidence that UA will periodically sweep flights with a waiting list to (algorithmically of course) reconsider PZ availability? (or is that giving UA too much credit and I should just chalk it up to pure luck)
Mar 17, 2019, 3:26 pm
#112
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: DCA, IAD (not BWI if I can help it)
Programs: UA 1MM 1K, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Explorist, status-free on AA, AS, B6, DL, WN, Amtrak, etc.
Posts: 1,480
1. FRA-IAD
2. 4/28
3. Q
4. Y -> J
5. Booked three months out
6. Cleared 3/15
2. 4/28
3. Q
4. Y -> J
5. Booked three months out
6. Cleared 3/15
Mar 20, 2019, 12:05 pm
#113
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 11
1. Route: FRA - EZE
2. Date: March 30
3. Fare class: M
4. Y-J
5. How many days/weeks in advance ticket was purchased: 18 days
6. How many hours/days/weeks before departure did upgrade clear: upgrade cleared in 20min, so 18 days
1. Route: DEN - FRA
2. Date: March 23
3. Fare class: Y
4. Y-J
5. How many days/weeks in advance ticket was purchased: 18 days
6. How many hours/days/weeks before departure did upgrade clear: 3 days, w/ availability: J4 C4 D3 Z0 P0 G1 E0 N0 Y7 B4 M0 U0
H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0
2. Date: March 30
3. Fare class: M
4. Y-J
5. How many days/weeks in advance ticket was purchased: 18 days
6. How many hours/days/weeks before departure did upgrade clear: upgrade cleared in 20min, so 18 days
1. Route: DEN - FRA
2. Date: March 23
3. Fare class: Y
4. Y-J
5. How many days/weeks in advance ticket was purchased: 18 days
6. How many hours/days/weeks before departure did upgrade clear: 3 days, w/ availability: J4 C4 D3 Z0 P0 G1 E0 N0 Y7 B4 M0 U0
H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0
Mar 20, 2019, 12:44 pm
#114
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,416
1. Route: FRA - EZE
2. Date: March 30
3. Fare class: M
4. Y-J
5. How many days/weeks in advance ticket was purchased: 18 days
6. How many hours/days/weeks before departure did upgrade clear: upgrade cleared in 20min, so 18 days
1. Route: DEN - FRA
2. Date: March 23
3. Fare class: Y
4. Y-J
5. How many days/weeks in advance ticket was purchased: 18 days
6. How many hours/days/weeks before departure did upgrade clear: 3 days, w/ availability: J4 C4 D3 Z0 P0 G1 E0 N0 Y7 B4 M0 U0
H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0
2. Date: March 30
3. Fare class: M
4. Y-J
5. How many days/weeks in advance ticket was purchased: 18 days
6. How many hours/days/weeks before departure did upgrade clear: upgrade cleared in 20min, so 18 days
1. Route: DEN - FRA
2. Date: March 23
3. Fare class: Y
4. Y-J
5. How many days/weeks in advance ticket was purchased: 18 days
6. How many hours/days/weeks before departure did upgrade clear: 3 days, w/ availability: J4 C4 D3 Z0 P0 G1 E0 N0 Y7 B4 M0 U0
H0 Q0 V0 W0 S0 T0 L0 K0
Mar 20, 2019, 4:23 pm
#116
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: IAH/EWR-LGA/MIA
Programs: UA Global Services 3.2 MM, Marriott Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium Elite, AA Exec Plat
Posts: 2,497
1. IAH-GIG-IAH
2. April 10-14
3. XN
4. Y to C
5. Booked March 13
6. IAH-GIG cleared at booking; GIG-IAH cleared the next day
60K roundtrip miles + 2 GPUs = pretty good value.
2. April 10-14
3. XN
4. Y to C
5. Booked March 13
6. IAH-GIG cleared at booking; GIG-IAH cleared the next day
60K roundtrip miles + 2 GPUs = pretty good value.
Mar 20, 2019, 5:47 pm
#117
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, UA Gold, WN, Global Entry; +others wherever miles/points are found
Posts: 14,392
on full fare Y ... who would not want to make that UG happen. Based on LH's focus on booking class the OP was probably #1 on the UG list.
Mar 20, 2019, 7:02 pm
#118
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,416
The fare was already paid. The point is that LH prioritizes UA GPUs because they receive additional cash for those upgrades, beyond the initial fare. The same result likely would have held if OP were on a Q fare. The fact the first upgrade went through within 20 minutes shows this had nothing to do with a waitlist, and everything to do with LH grabbing the cash.
Mar 20, 2019, 7:47 pm
#119
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: CLE
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, MR Gold, HH Gold, GE
Posts: 50
1. CLE-SFO-SIN
2. April 3, 2019
3. V
4. Y-J
5. Booked February 20, 2019
6. SFO - SIN cleared at booking (CLE-SFO cleared March 16th)
2. April 3, 2019
3. V
4. Y-J
5. Booked February 20, 2019
6. SFO - SIN cleared at booking (CLE-SFO cleared March 16th)
Mar 21, 2019, 2:58 am
#120
Join Date: Nov 2010
Programs: United 1K
Posts: 38
- NRT-EWR
- 3/22/2019
- W
- W-->PZ
- T-24