Plus it can take several minutes longer to offload from the exit row. I am extremely impatient, so absolutely prefer row 7, mainly for that reason. Plus the seats are less uncomfortable.

Wow! ^


Me, too. But I just do my best to look "around" the wings. Admittedly, that is a problem for me as well.

One of the principle reasons I will forgo the exit row for row 7 is a tight connection. I'm not absolute in my preference (to not to be teased by the F cabin). ;)

Ditto, plus I find the cheeseburgers often run out before the exit row. Of course proximity to lav odors and traffic can be a big minus, depending on the plane. Everything has tradeoffs.

Just got my first ever CPU out of SFO! I guess I just need to be booking more short Saturday morning flights on holiday weekends, lol

Nice! As a Gold, I frequently get CPU'd on SFO-SBA if they're flying a 175 with 12 seats up front, which are about one half the flights. It's a short 45 min flight, although with the extra 30 min usually spent on the runway, definitely nice to be sitting in 1A ;)

I was #14 as a 1K on an L fare LAX-SFO last night (738). Didn't matter, as I didn't use the ticket.

As of right now, I am 5/11 for upgrades as a SEA-based Premier Gold over the last 2 months (just completed a 3 MO status match from Delta). Much better than I anticipated, although the UG lists on hub-hub flights like SFO-DEN are predictably massive, with me typically being in the 30-40 range.

1. EWR-NAS - E+ at booking, was 7th or so out of 15 for FC (A320)
2. SEA-SFO - Upgraded to FC at the 48-hour window, to my surprise (738)
3. SFO-SNA - Upgraded o FC at the gate, even though all 12 FC seats were showing as checked in. Interesting that I was actually called up to the counter by the gate agent; Delta rarely does this (E175)
4. SEA-SFO - E+ at booking, +1 companion (738 I think)
5. SFO-OGG - E+ at booking, +1 companion (752)
6. OGG-DEN - E+ at booking, + 1 companion (772)
7. DEN-PAE - Upgraded at 48-hour window, +1 companion (E175)
8. SEA-SFO - E+ at booking (A320 or 738, don't recall)
9. SFO-DEN - Paid UG to FC for $150. Was a jam packed flight and I didn't have a great seat in E+, so I opted for the cash UG (753)
10. DEN-PAE - Upgraded to FC at gate, although the flight never left due to IRROPS, did sit on tarmac for 5 hours (E175)
11. DEN-PAE, round 2 - Upgraded to FC at gate (E175)

Pretty happy with CPU's on UA so far, as I've only been UG'd 3 times on 20 segments as a Delta Gold Medallion so far this year.

I've had relatively good luck on my occasional Sunday day round-trips SFO to BUR/LAX, too (first flight out and last flight back).

On the last one LAX-SFO ~7 of the 12 seats were upgrades, according to the app. Mine cleared about T-3. The early morning E75 SFO-BUR cleared a few hours after booking (~3-4 days before).

IAD-LAX 6am on a Wednesday as Gold and I SDC-ed onto that flight (which may or may not have been due to the open F space). :)

Pre-merger 75% upgrade success as CO Silver; post-merger just got UPG #2 today
 

Cant wait - its on an Embraer Jet too!

Will I have lie flats?

In the 2 hours and 10 minutes of travel time will I have a choice of several hot entries for breakfast?

Will they server sundaes afterwards?

Can you tell that I am sarcastic ?

great analysis! affordable J & selecting flights based upon price/convenience is so much better. now i do see how it sucks for weekly road warriors buying Y. that's just not me.

I'm Silver. Checked in at 7:10 this morning for tomorrow's 5264, DAY-DEN. Number one on upgrade list for an hour, then upgraded. I've lost track of how many CPUs I've received since making it back to Silver in 2017. This is either the second or third.

I rarely take these early-morning flights. I suppose I'd get more upgrades if I did.

I had an annoying experience earlier this week. Flying MHT-IAD on a CR7 as a Platinum on an S Fare. Booked 4/6 for a week, checked in at T-24 at #1 and stayed at #1 all the way until just prior to boarding when I was finally upgraded. The gate agent upgraded me and one other person and gave me a BP for 1C. I'd noticed 2C had been open when I had checked the seat map and asked for it but she said "sorry I already printed that one for the other passenger". The worst part for me about holding upgrades back until boarding is you lose the ability to pick your seat.

On the larger scale, my Platinum upgrade percentage is steadily climbing from 0% (0/5) where it started to 50.00% (9/18) now.