Originally Posted by uaflyer1

I have a quick question regarding a recent upgrade on a trans-con flight. I flew on UA 1882 (red eye) from LAX to EWR and just recently became a silver member prior to this flight. As I was checking in to place myself in an E+ seat (I originally had a standard E- seat), the app mentioned that an airline swap had taken place (781 to 772) and I was magically listed in premium plus. I didn't use an instrument to upgrade this flight (no dollars or dollars + miles or other instruments).

When I checked my reservation prior to the flight, the UA website stated that my upgrade was 'confirmed' and had a green check mark next to my seat number. I was originally in a Q fare and then magically was upgraded to RN. Looking in the app at the time, I was not on the Premium Plus upgrade list as well.

I asked an agent at the LAX UC but she wasn't able to answer why this happened. I'm not complaining at all (!) but I'm curious as to how this happened? Was this simply due to the aircraft swap? Did my silver status push me to PP (doubtful of this since this is was a premium transcon route)? Of note, transcon red-eye PP is identical in almost every way to E+ save for the UA headphones I was given (same headphones in business/polaris).

Thanks!

Originally Posted by CP_

Good for you! Everybody needs this kind of lucky day sometimes.
My guess would be you purchased a rather expensive ticket?
Oh man, there are many 1K, Plat, Gold members out there...You silver was nothing related with the upgrade..

Anyways...I am glad you enjoyed the upgrade.
Funny and bad tings is that after you became the highest status and getting upgrades all the times you no longer appreciated it ...
Actually, when you get no upgrade 1 out of 10 can make you really mad.
Don't depend on too much about silver, gold, plat, 1K free upgrades things.
The rule and the environment of industry has been changed a lot.

You pay money to make sure your seat...and don't expect too much of free upgrade.
By doing this way, our life can be much peaceful.

Originally Posted by segnomic

Family has flown outbound segments on vacation. Everyone is on one itinerary (booked my mileage plus gold member). Two members want to extend the trip by a day while the rest of the family returns as schedule (two family members have no status).

What’s the best way to accomplish this (if it’s possible)?

Current return is in 3 days so > 48 hours.

Thank you for the help!

Originally Posted by WineCountryUA

You will need to split the PNR into two separate PNRs.
The least expensive way to extending two travelers to the next day is Same Day Change (which is really up to a 24-hour change) for $75 per travellers without status. An exact 24-hour change is actually not possible, something close is possisble. a lot will depend on how frequent there is service / flights from where you are to where you are returning to. The more the better.
To do SDC you need your "fare class" originally purchased needs to be available on the new flight. You can attempt this when both the original and new flight are within 24-hours of when you are attempting this change. A problem is during holiday season available space may be scarce, so there is some potential risk
UA Same-Day Travel Change (SDC) Fees/Questions (with Wiki)

The surest way is to split the PNR and pay the change fee (domestically $200) and fare differences (could be small, could be significant). After splitting you can price this out online or before splitting you can call and get a quote.

A third option is for the travelers wishing to stay longer is to abandon their return tickets and purchase new tickets . This may be cheaper then try to change / reuse the old tickets -- check multiple airlines if there are options.

Originally Posted by SandLake

Not sure where is the correct place to ask this question, when I research it I end up in confusing circles. I have the United (Android) app on my phone but don't seem to be able to get it on my (Android or Amazon Fire) tablet - ....