Jan 27, 2024, 4:51 pm
The way of the Dodo? - 1K upgrades, PP or CPU
Jul 21, 2022, 11:19 am
#331
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 196
Flights EWR to ORD are tough. Switched off a lie flat configured flight to a flight an hour later with some expected availability. First on list with front cabin eventually booking full. Upgrade cleared 10 minutes prior to boarding. PDB served so double plus. PP applied to get to 1.
Jul 21, 2022, 3:42 pm
#332
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
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Posts: 66,852
Jul 21, 2022, 5:00 pm
#333
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Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 21,405
I think the point of the post was that booking a long-haul O/A/R ticket will delegate to Y or B on the domestic segment, granting a bump in upgrade priority vs. a similarly-priced coach fare.
Jul 27, 2022, 11:00 pm
#336
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Wesley Chapel, FL
Programs: American Airlines
Posts: 30,013
Hey guys. AA EXP here. For us EXP's redeeming SWU's at booking is key. We use EF to find available C space to do such. Recently pretty much all C space from AA's hubs to EU cities has vanished up to where booking a ticket is available (end of June '23). Are you guys having the same problem?
Jul 28, 2022, 1:13 am
#337
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: UA 1K, AA EXP. Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,134
Hey guys. AA EXP here. For us EXP's redeeming SWU's at booking is key. We use EF to find available C space to do such. Recently pretty much all C space from AA's hubs to EU cities has vanished up to where booking a ticket is available (end of June '23). Are you guys having the same problem?
Jul 28, 2022, 9:59 am
#338
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
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Aug 22, 2022, 8:56 am
#339
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It's brutal out there. PHX-SFO evening flight yesterday, 40 on the waitlist for zero F seats on a 320. Several GS and a bunch of 1Ks (at least six or seven) pre-boarded, there were only two of us in F.
Aug 22, 2022, 9:13 am
#340
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: United 1k, HH Diamond, Bonvoy Ambassador and LT-Gold
Posts: 1,660
some of it seems so random... I just had a RT OGG-SFO and easily cleared PP on tickets that were about $220
and yet, looking at another similar trip and F already sold out?
-m
and yet, looking at another similar trip and F already sold out?
-m
Aug 22, 2022, 12:16 pm
#341
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David
Aug 22, 2022, 1:22 pm
#342
Join Date: Oct 2018
Programs: United 1k, HH Diamond, Bonvoy Ambassador and LT-Gold
Posts: 1,660
I was looking at the 925am OGG-SFO flights recently - and they are hit and miss with regards to availability for PP/CPU
the one I took last Weds - there were 8 empty seats t-48 and the flight that I am looking at in 2 weeks (I think on a Tues) is already full in F
... and the fares are so cheap that I am not even getting credit for my MilePlay (4 flights for $250 for 15,000)
-m
the one I took last Weds - there were 8 empty seats t-48 and the flight that I am looking at in 2 weeks (I think on a Tues) is already full in F
... and the fares are so cheap that I am not even getting credit for my MilePlay (4 flights for $250 for 15,000)
-m
Aug 22, 2022, 2:25 pm
#343
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lahaina, HI & Los Angeles, CA
Programs: UA GS
Posts: 2,403
Extremely difficult to predict the upgrade success on flights to from OGG. The exceptions are the early evening flights from LAX/SFO - OGG ( now off the schedule) and he redeyes back to same.
Last edited by LAXOGG; Aug 24, 2022 at 12:57 pm
Aug 22, 2022, 5:09 pm
#344
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I flew MTJ-DEN yesterday. I was on a U fare, the ticket cost me $283 for a ~200 mile flight.
I was #4 for 0 seats on the upgrade list when the door closed. That hurt.
I was #4 for 0 seats on the upgrade list when the door closed. That hurt.
Aug 26, 2022, 8:09 am
#345
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I'm flying SFO-EWR-RDU Sunday. I bought a $400 one-way Q fare back in March. At the time SFO-EWR was a 757-200 so no Premium Plus for sale. I immediately applied PlusPoints. I've been waitlisted since even though the plane has been changed from a 757-200 to a 787-9 and finally to a 777-300.
The upgrade list is now available. As a 1K on a Q Fare with PP I am 16th on the list. Sigh.
The upgrade list is now available. As a 1K on a Q Fare with PP I am 16th on the list. Sigh.