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CPU Clearance Experiences - Archive
Feb 9, 2015, 7:27 pm
#16
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: EWR
Programs: UA: Platinum, Marriott: Platinum
Posts: 108
Upgrades with gold status are rare but not impossible. I was gold for much of last year, and I had a few, including SFO-SEA, EWR-MIA and EWR-TPA.
Heck, I was once even upgraded as a silver on EWR-SFO. The point is, it's possible.
I'm a platinum now and am currently 1 for 5, with the one being EWR-PBI.
Heck, I was once even upgraded as a silver on EWR-SFO. The point is, it's possible.
I'm a platinum now and am currently 1 for 5, with the one being EWR-PBI.
Feb 9, 2015, 7:54 pm
#17
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: IAH
Programs: Marriott Plat, Hyatt Globalist, DL Plat, UA Silver
Posts: 4,043
Feb 9, 2015, 8:17 pm
#18
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: WAS/ BOM
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Gold, HHonors Gold
Posts: 1,567
Congratulations 
... This year I am 1/7 for upgrades as a 1k 
... This year I am 1/7 for upgrades as a 1k
Feb 9, 2015, 8:28 pm
#19
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: LA
Posts: 1,281
Yep, that's about my luck. Batting 18% (think last year was 14%, so slightly better this year!). I've just resorted to purchasing P fares more often now.
I missed an ORD-TPA upgrade two weeks ago, on an E fare....sad.
I missed an ORD-TPA upgrade two weeks ago, on an E fare....sad.
Feb 9, 2015, 8:48 pm
#20
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: LAX,SNA,SAN
Programs: UA GS, Marriott LP, Hertz Gold
Posts: 861
12 eligible CPU flight this year, one CPU so far as 1k. Another year. LAX yesterday 937 to IAD Group 1 was 34 deep and I ended up 12th. Hub to hub for me are brutal, heck, I can't even use a RPU or GPU, not available.
Feb 9, 2015, 8:59 pm
#21
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: CT (JFK, LGA, EWR)
Programs: UA Gold, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 17
Upgrade rates
Back when I finished college in 2000, and travelled heavy for my first job upgrades were abundant and service was awesome pre-9/11. The industry has deteriorated a lot since then to no one's surprise. I no longer get upgrades as a gold on discounted fares, but UA has some instant upgrade fares you can pass through to expense if on business. These instant upgrade fare classes like "B" are a major reason why upgrades are so few these days.
Feb 9, 2015, 9:16 pm
#22
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC / TYO / Up in the Air
Programs: UA GS 1.7MM, AA 2.1MM, EK, BA, SQ, CX, Marriot LT, Accor P
Posts: 6,302
Lol As far as I can tell GS bags don't look any different than any others.... I wish I could do a 10 day APAC trip with just a carry on but just not possible with suits and gym clothes!
Feb 9, 2015, 9:52 pm
#23
Join Date: May 2005
Programs: Million Miler, 1K - Basically spend a lot of time on planes
Posts: 2,202
Back when I finished college in 2000, and travelled heavy for my first job upgrades were abundant and service was awesome pre-9/11. The industry has deteriorated a lot since then to no one's surprise. I no longer get upgrades as a gold on discounted fares, but UA has some instant upgrade fares you can pass through to expense if on business. These instant upgrade fare classes like "B" are a major reason why upgrades are so few these days.
12 x TOD left 1K's etc on the list. For what it is worth, the family member was not offered a buyup at all at check in
Feb 9, 2015, 11:41 pm
#25
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 233
Got upgrade as a Gold!!!
0% upgrades as gold in 2014 but my companion and I were upgraded on Feb. 2, lax-hnl at T-24.
Feb 9, 2015, 11:41 pm
#26
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: ORF
Posts: 74
Last year I was upgraded 3 times as silver from lax to nrt. I think its just the routes.
Feb 10, 2015, 12:28 am
#27
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 8,634
You are not entitled to a complimentary status-based upgrade on long-haul flights at all. And you may be the luckiest person on earth.
Feb 10, 2015, 5:01 am
#28
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: NYC, FLL
Programs: UA PP 1MM, Marriott Bonvoy LTTE, BA Gold
Posts: 6,321
Feb 10, 2015, 8:53 am
#29
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Plat*G | SPG G | Mar GE
Posts: 31
I had a few UGs when I was gold in '13. Most notably ORD-LAS, ORD-MTY (int'l!), ORD-IAD. I didn't notice a huge difference between gold and plat upgrades out of ORD from '13-'14, likely due to the influx in 1Ks flying through Chicago.