Feb 27, 2019, 11:55 pm
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This is an archive thread, the active thread is "Upgrade certificates (GPUs & RPUs) are useless nowadays"
Archive thread "Upgrade certificates (GPUs & RPUs) are useless nowadays" {Archive}
Archive thread "Upgrade certificates (GPUs & RPUs) are useless nowadays" {Archive}
"Upgrade certificates (GPUs & RPUs) are useless nowadays" {Archive}
Jun 12, 2017, 1:00 pm
#976
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Not much of a gain. Certainly not worth what we lost.
Jun 12, 2017, 1:28 pm
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FWIW, I agree on the mileage redemption issue and predominantly this was how I flying my family in the past. I have mixed feelings about the instruments that are gifted. However, as basically everyone has said, the point is kind of moot as R space is as rare as Unicorns.
Jun 12, 2017, 2:22 pm
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Upgrade never cleared. PN=R=0 throughout.
Jun 12, 2017, 3:19 pm
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Jun 12, 2017, 6:14 pm
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I assume since we are flying together they will get same priority as me?
Thanks! hope to use up some of them :-)
Jun 12, 2017, 6:15 pm
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I am 1k and plan to fly to Europe with my wife and daughter on same flight (w fare) and I am planning to use GPU's but we all are on seperate Record Locators.
I assume since we are flying together they will get same priority as me?
Thanks! hope to use up some of them :-)
I assume since we are flying together they will get same priority as me?
Thanks! hope to use up some of them :-)
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Jun 12, 2017, 6:23 pm
#982
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Unfortunately, if the reservation started as a separate PNR, then they will clear based on their own status.
Jun 12, 2017, 8:52 pm
#983
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Non-status pax under GS GPU was at bottom of the list, after few non-revenues.
These few ranked below were pretty sure to be non-revenues since they appeared at both BF and GF upgrade list (3-class PMUA planes).
Needless to say, the non-status pax never had a chance, despite of GS GPU.
Jun 12, 2017, 9:48 pm
#984
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On day of departure, we can see upgrade list.
Non-status pax under GS GPU was at bottom of the list, after few non-revenues.
These few ranked below were pretty sure to be non-revenues since they appeared at both BF and GF upgrade list (3-class PMUA planes).
Needless to say, the non-status pax never had a chance, despite of GS GPU.
Non-status pax under GS GPU was at bottom of the list, after few non-revenues.
These few ranked below were pretty sure to be non-revenues since they appeared at both BF and GF upgrade list (3-class PMUA planes).
Needless to say, the non-status pax never had a chance, despite of GS GPU.
Also, there's no way non-revs would clear before a 'paying customer' on a GS GPU. No way at all. Could you imagine a GS sponsoring his/her mother and watching a non-rev get the upgrade? No effing way. It's also a policy violation. Customers on upgrades will clear before non-revs.
Just because a customer appears on BF/GF lists simultaneously does not always indicate non-rev.
Jun 12, 2017, 10:24 pm
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On day of departure, we can see upgrade list.
Non-status pax under GS GPU was at bottom of the list, after few non-revenues.
These few ranked below were pretty sure to be non-revenues since they appeared at both BF and GF upgrade list (3-class PMUA planes).
Needless to say, the non-status pax never had a chance, despite of GS GPU.
Non-status pax under GS GPU was at bottom of the list, after few non-revenues.
These few ranked below were pretty sure to be non-revenues since they appeared at both BF and GF upgrade list (3-class PMUA planes).
Needless to say, the non-status pax never had a chance, despite of GS GPU.
Jun 12, 2017, 11:50 pm
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oops, sorry did not see the earlier post :-) Anyway, good news: I checked various dates (we are somewhat flexible) and found a flight to Europe showing R9!! Jumped on it, got tix reissued in W-class and redeemed 3 GPU's...Score :-) Only one left now
Jun 12, 2017, 11:53 pm
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Jun 13, 2017, 7:31 am
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What else can it mean?
What else could it mean? United doesn't do "cabin roll" lists like airlines that use other IT departure management systems, so that isn't it. I'm not meaning to sound .....y - I really would like to know what other possibilities it could be.
Jun 13, 2017, 7:38 am
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I think the most common thing people have said are "displaced passengers". I'm not an expert enough to know what else it could have been. I just know that people have said again and again that showing up on multiple lists is not a 100% guarantee of non-rev.
Jun 13, 2017, 2:36 pm
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A (paid) premium cabin pax standing by will show up on both the standby list and the upgrade list for their cabin. I don't know if someone standing by for F would show in the J list (I sort of think not, though). For domestic flights, however, this is the other source of double-list pax.