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Old Jan 25, 2022, 12:37 pm
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Update -- 7 Feb 2022
Originally Posted by gokeeper
... UA just implemented user agent check as well as server side flight date check, the later one is what kill this loophole
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Originally Posted by leftysauce
Site is up and running! Currently upgrade lists are supported on UA, AA, DL and standby lists only on AA.

How to get access:
- Go to https://master.d26mh3p6egxqfe.amplifyapp.com/
- Create account

Note: You will NOT be able to "confirm" your email address yourself after account creation - you MUST PM me ONLY your username/email and I'll activate your account.

- Username should be the same as email
- Password requires lowercase/uppercase/number/symbol/8 characters
- Email can be fake, as long as it's in an email format (i.e. [email protected])
- Phone number can be fake and all 0s

Let me know of any site issues or feature requests!
I will only be able to accept a few at first (think beta testing) until I can figure out a way to recoup the cost of maintenance and not get shutdown

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alternative approach -- a bit more basic
Originally Posted by gokeeper
OK, this one will works for both UA and AA, with source code on the page:

https://jsfiddle.net/025h3y8p/

Select airline, put in your flight number, departure airport and date to the bottom right window and submit.



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Old Jan 23, 2022, 3:08 am
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Early access for upgrade waitlist (now limited to 4 days in advance)

Originally Posted by Repooc17
The workaround has been disabled by UA. No consumer facing waitlist view until a few days from departure.

Wednesday is Dec 29. If the flight is Dec 28, you should be able to view the list now, given today is Dec 26; if Dec 29, you should be able to see the waitlist after midnight.
found a way to view Upgrade/Standby lists T-infinity. Will be getting a website running and updating here as soon as it's up 😎
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Old Jan 23, 2022, 4:37 am
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Originally Posted by leftysauce
found a way to view Upgrade/Standby lists T-infinity. Will be getting a website running and updating here as soon as it's up 😎
Well that is very intriguing. 😮
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Old Jan 23, 2022, 8:05 am
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Originally Posted by leftysauce
found a way to view Upgrade/Standby lists T-infinity. Will be getting a website running and updating here as soon as it's up 😎
Nice!

Don't let United find out the sauce
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 7:57 am
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Site is up and running! Currently upgrade lists are supported on UA, AA, DL and standby lists only on AA.

How to get access:
- Go to https://master.d26mh3p6egxqfe.amplifyapp.com/
- Create account

Note: You will NOT be able to "confirm" your email address yourself after account creation - you MUST PM me ONLY your username/email and I'll activate your account.

- Username should be the same as email
- Password requires lowercase/uppercase/number/symbol/8 characters
- Email can be fake, as long as it's in an email format (i.e. [email protected])
- Phone number can be fake and all 0s

Let me know of any site issues or feature requests!

p.s. At lease 10 people have registered but have not PM'd me. Please do so if you still want access.

Last edited by leftysauce; Jan 31, 2022 at 3:48 pm Reason: Update instructions
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 8:13 am
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Those who PM'd me just now - you're confirmed. Let me know if you run into any issues.

I've also hit my PM limit so I won't be able to reply once I activate your account - i'll try to go through the requests once a day

If you are a low-tier Silver like me, I'll prioritize you
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 8:24 am
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Since someone already posted it elsewhere, I will just share it here, expect UA to bock this anonymous access soon.

You don't need to register any service to see the future upgrade list, if you are familiar with computer stuff a simple curl will do it, you can pair it with jq for your viewing preference.

curl -H "Host: smartphone.united.com" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: */*" -H "User-Agent: UnitedCustomerFacingIPhone/4.1.37.1 CFNetwork/1240.0.4 Darwin/20.6.0" -H "Accept-Language: en-ca" --compressed "https://smartphone.united.com/UnitedMobileDataServices/api/UpgradeList/GetUpgradeList?accessCode=ACCESSCODE&appversion=4. 1.37&applicationId=1&languageCode=en-US&departureAirportCode=EWR&transactionId=&flightN umber=14&flightDate=20220211"
Or simply replace the departure airport, flight number and date in the following url and look for the upgrade list towards the bottom. Now easy to read but will do the job.

https://smartphone.united.com/United...pplicationId=1

I created a small tool to construct the upgrade list url, put in your flight number, departure airport and date to the bottom right window of this link and submit.
https://jsfiddle.net/uvgdf5nq/
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Last edited by gokeeper; Jan 25, 2022 at 7:00 pm
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
Since someone already posted it elsewhere, I will just share it here, expect UA to bock this anonymous access soon.

You don't need to register any service to see the future upgrade list, if you are familiar with computer staff a simple curl will do it, you can pair it with jq for your viewing preference.



Or simply replace the departure airport, flight number and date in the following url and look for the upgrade list towards the bottom. Now east to read but will do the job.

https://smartphone.united.com/United...pplicationId=1
well this is how the united app pulls the data so the only way they can block it is to really use Akamai on it, just like they did it with the flight search with fare classes which I can't crack. If they take away the "anonymous" part, as long as they don't add Akamai on it, it's still crackable.

also why not use a mobile-friendly GUI if it's free
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 9:41 am
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XXXX activated it. I overwrote your phone # with all 0s. Email and phone # can be "fake" as it's only there cuz i cant remove it from the sign up page lol and im not trying to collect emails or phone#
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Last edited by WineCountryUA; Jan 25, 2022 at 12:13 pm Reason: Use PMs for personal messages
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 10:34 am
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Originally Posted by leftysauce
well this is how the united app pulls the data so the only way they can block it is to really use Akamai on it, just like they did it with the flight search with fare classes which I can't crack. If they take away the "anonymous" part, as long as they don't add Akamai on it, it's still crackable.

also why not use a mobile-friendly GUI if it's free
All they need to do is implement date validate on the server side.
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by leftysauce
xxxx activated it. I overwrote your phone # with all 0s. Email and phone # can be "fake" as it's only there cuz i cant remove it from the sign up page lol and im not trying to collect emails or phone#
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Work perfectly for me. Thank you, @leftysauce
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 1:03 pm
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Sounds amazing.
hoping to get activated soonBeen missing this baby for a while
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 1:29 pm
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Awesome, thank you!
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 3:07 pm
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This is the thing that was just posted a day or two ago on the 1k/MM/GS group on FB, right?
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 3:14 pm
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This is the thing that was just posted a day or two ago on the 1k/MM/GS group on FB, right?
if it was mentioned somewhere else, it wasn't me
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Old Jan 25, 2022, 3:32 pm
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Originally Posted by gokeeper
https://smartphone.united.com/United...pplicationId=1

UPDATE:
Put your flight number, departure airport and date to the bottom right window of this link to generate upgrade list result link for your flight.
https://jsfiddle.net/uvgdf5nq/
I LOVE THIS. I tried the jsfiddle.net tool. These will be useful for making buy-vs-PlusPoints decisions for flights that are in the future beyond the current 3-days-ahead upgrade list.
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