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Old Jan 17, 2020, 7:11 am
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Miles upgrade to Polaris on coach award ticket?
I'm flying out to London from EWR in June. I took that flight last year and we used miles to upgrade to Polaris from a paid coach seat. If I was to use miles to buy a coach ticket this year, would there still be an option to potentially upgrade up again ? I'm thinking no but wanted to ask here to be sure.

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Old Jan 17, 2020, 7:12 am
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No, you can't do that. You can monitor business availability and rebook, though.
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Old Jan 17, 2020, 7:22 am
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No, you can't do that. You can monitor business availability and rebook, though.

Thought so, thanks.
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Old Jan 17, 2020, 8:23 am
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If you get a saver award ticket, you can call in to waitlist for an upgrade to saver business. You may have to nudge the agent, as this isn't a well-known feature.
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Old Jan 17, 2020, 11:05 am
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call United to waitlist for IN space. Good luck.
Consolidated "Waitlist for Award Seats Questions/Issues"
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Old Jan 17, 2020, 2:11 pm
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You can't even buy up before T24, if at all. Ridiculous if you ask me. At least throw an offer out there, however absurd it may be.
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