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Old Nov 8, 2021, 1:21 pm
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Originally Posted by bpw91
Have done quite a bitt of searching for instantly available PP upgrades all over Western Europe, parts of S. America (Chile, Peru), Japan, South Korea, etc. Was looking for availability before the PP expire at the end of July 2022. Has anyone been able to find anything? Seems odd nothing is available.
There are PZs, but extremely rare. I found 2 seats to TYO next March this morning.
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Old Nov 8, 2021, 4:49 pm
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
There are PZs, but extremely rare. I found 2 seats to TYO next March this morning.
I booked to TYO for April a week or two ago and had no issues finding space.
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Old Dec 3, 2021, 8:27 pm
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I just found one of these, ORD-SFO on a 789, PZ=0 but IN=1. Jumped on it, for a 1.6 cpm redemption, far and away the best value I've gotten in quite some time.
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Old Dec 3, 2021, 8:35 pm
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Originally Posted by Kacee
I just found one of these, ORD-SFO on a 789, PZ=0 but IN=1. Jumped on it, for a 1.6 cpm redemption, far and away the best value I've gotten in quite some time.
Is PN=1 before you book it?
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Old Dec 4, 2021, 9:48 am
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
Is PN=1 before you book it?
Yes PN=1, PZ=0, I=0.
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Old Dec 4, 2021, 11:49 am
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Originally Posted by Kacee
Yes PN=1, PZ=0, I=0.
Interesting, the trend is now in domestic market.
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Old Dec 4, 2021, 4:00 pm
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
Interesting, the trend is now in domestic market.
It is at times pretty widespread in the domestic market. Around the time of the OP I looked only at domestic flights and found many examples, so it isn't new to domestic.
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Old Dec 5, 2021, 2:21 pm
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
Interesting, the trend is now in domestic market.
it's been 'here' for many months. I have bought more domestic INs than ever before. Great benefit for Plat+
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Old Dec 5, 2021, 2:53 pm
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Originally Posted by cfischer
it's been 'here' for many months. I have bought more domestic INs than ever before. Great benefit for Plat+
Not for those sitting on a glut of Plus Points, which are more perishable and have far fewer use cases than miles.
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Old Dec 5, 2021, 5:32 pm
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Originally Posted by dkc192
Not for those sitting on a glut of Plus Points, which are more perishable and have far fewer use cases than miles.
I have 720 +Ps myself, but also 1.5M miles ... honestly, IN = PN is a major improvement!
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Old Dec 31, 2021, 11:38 pm
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UA updated some upgrade inventory on Thursday. For example lots of PZ pop up on TYO-US in March. While it still follow PN=IN, the new trend is PZ=I, I have to say this not look good for 1K.



Code:
2022-03-01 Tue UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN6 PZ6 IN6 I6
2022-03-02 Wed UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN9 PZ9 IN9 I9
2022-03-04 Fri UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN6 PZ6 IN6 I6
2022-03-05 Sat UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN4 PZ4 IN4 I4
2022-03-06 Sun UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN7 PZ7 IN7 I7
2022-03-07 Mon UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN5 PZ5 IN5 I5
2022-03-08 Tue UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN7 PZ6 IN7 I6
2022-03-09 Wed UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN6 PZ6 IN6 I6
2022-03-10 Thu UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN9 PZ8 IN9 I8
2022-03-11 Fri UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN6 PZ6 IN6 I6
2022-03-12 Sat UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN5 PZ5 IN5 I5
2022-03-13 Sun UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN7 PZ7 IN7 I7
2022-03-14 Mon UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN4 PZ4 IN4 I4
2022-03-15 Tue UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN6 PZ6 IN6 I6
2022-03-16 Wed UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN8 PZ8 IN8 I8
2022-03-17 Thu UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN4 PZ3 IN4 I3
2022-03-18 Fri UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN9 PZ8 IN9 I8
2022-03-19 Sat UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN9 PZ9 IN9 I9
2022-03-21 Mon UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN8 PZ7 IN8 I7
2022-03-22 Tue UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN6 PZ5 IN6 I5
2022-03-23 Wed UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN7 PZ6 IN7 I6
2022-03-24 Thu UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN2 PZ1 IN2 I1
2022-03-25 Fri UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN3 PZ3 IN3 I3
2022-03-26 Sat UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN8 PZ8 IN8 I8
2022-03-27 Sun UA78 NRT-EWR by 777: PN8 PZ7 IN8 I7
2022-03-28 Mon UA78 NRT-EWR by 777: PN4 PZ4 IN4 I4
2022-03-29 Tue UA78 NRT-EWR by 777: PN6 PZ5 IN6 I5
2022-03-30 Wed UA78 NRT-EWR by 777: PN2 PZ2 IN2 I2
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Old Jan 2, 2022, 11:00 am
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Originally Posted by cfischer
I have 720 +Ps myself, but also 1.5M miles ... honestly, IN = PN is a major improvement!
I'm pretty much in the same situations.

​​​​​​​Amazing how much things change in a year

Originally Posted by gokeeper
UA updated some upgrade inventory on Thursday. For example lots of PZ pop up on TYO-US in March. While it still follow PN=IN, the new trend is PZ=I, I have to say this not look good for 1K.



Code:
2022-03-01 Tue UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN6 PZ6 IN6 I6
2022-03-02 Wed UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN9 PZ9 IN9 I9
2022-03-04 Fri UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN6 PZ6 IN6 I6
2022-03-05 Sat UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN4 PZ4 IN4 I4
2022-03-06 Sun UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN7 PZ7 IN7 I7
2022-03-07 Mon UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN5 PZ5 IN5 I5
2022-03-08 Tue UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN7 PZ6 IN7 I6
2022-03-09 Wed UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN6 PZ6 IN6 I6
2022-03-10 Thu UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN9 PZ8 IN9 I8
2022-03-11 Fri UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN6 PZ6 IN6 I6
2022-03-12 Sat UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN5 PZ5 IN5 I5
2022-03-13 Sun UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN7 PZ7 IN7 I7
2022-03-14 Mon UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN4 PZ4 IN4 I4
2022-03-15 Tue UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN6 PZ6 IN6 I6
2022-03-16 Wed UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN8 PZ8 IN8 I8
2022-03-17 Thu UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN4 PZ3 IN4 I3
2022-03-18 Fri UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN9 PZ8 IN9 I8
2022-03-19 Sat UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN9 PZ9 IN9 I9
2022-03-21 Mon UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN8 PZ7 IN8 I7
2022-03-22 Tue UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN6 PZ5 IN6 I5
2022-03-23 Wed UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN7 PZ6 IN7 I6
2022-03-24 Thu UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN2 PZ1 IN2 I1
2022-03-25 Fri UA78 NRT-EWR by 77W: PN3 PZ3 IN3 I3
2022-03-26 Sat UA78 NRT-EWR by 789: PN8 PZ8 IN8 I8
2022-03-27 Sun UA78 NRT-EWR by 777: PN8 PZ7 IN8 I7
2022-03-28 Mon UA78 NRT-EWR by 777: PN4 PZ4 IN4 I4
2022-03-29 Tue UA78 NRT-EWR by 777: PN6 PZ5 IN6 I5
2022-03-30 Wed UA78 NRT-EWR by 777: PN2 PZ2 IN2 I2
Are you doing the searches manually, or is there some software you are using?
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Old Jan 2, 2022, 11:08 am
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The worst flight in the entire UA system has to be UA 857 SFO-PVG.

Zero PN, PZ, IN, I space for 330 days.

It's like UA has totally eliminated upgrade inventory on this route.

I challenge anyone who can find one.
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Old Jan 2, 2022, 11:15 am
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Originally Posted by kb1992
The worst flight in the entire UA system has to be UA 857 SFO-PVG.

Zero PN, PZ, IN, I space for 330 days.

It's like UA has totally eliminated upgrade inventory on this route.

I challenge anyone who can find one.
I am not surprised based on the current situation of flights between anywhere and China mainland, I have few friends flew 857/858 in the past few months, all upgrades only clear at the gate, even with less than 20 customers in J and on waitlist combined.
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Old Jan 2, 2022, 11:37 am
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
I am not surprised based on the current situation of flights between anywhere and China mainland, I have few friends flew 857/858 in the past few months, all upgrades only clear at the gate, even with less than 20 customers in J and on waitlist combined.
It feels like this is a new trend for most flights.
Maybe a way to try to sell more STW and devalue the PP
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