What if UA IT messes up and post your flight credit as ZK, instead of ZO?

Does it matter under PQP system? Wouldn't the PQP credit be original fare + upgrade fee?

Got it, thanks!

I was not concerned with PQP. If the flight credit is posted as ZK and 80 PPs are deducted, the screen shot may help to get back 50 PPs. The chance for this to happen is very low.

Unrelatedly, it took UA 3 days to deduct PPs from my account after the upgrade of my colleague’s flight was cleared. Both of us thought that UA would not take the PPs. We were wrong! 😟

I agree that everyone's experience is just that, same with FB, and I am referring to my experience, but I have no proof that things would have been different had I had done things differently. I have just had better success when I haven't requested the PE upgrade.

I agree. It shouldn't affect it...I got the PE upgrade early and there were many Polaris seats available just prior to the flight, but I never cleared it even though it seemed as if I was definitely in the running based on the upgrade list, even if there were last minute buyups. It could have all be legit. How would I know for sure? I'm guessing that some seats went to folks who switched to that flight at the last minute and some from folks who purchased the upgrade at the last minute... I kept finding myself moving down the list a little instead of up the list as folks were getting upgraded. I was never far from the top of the list but each time someone cleared, others got ahead of me. I should have taken screenshots to see if folks below me were jumping ahead of me. I can't say if that was happening... I was #2 on the list with 1 seat left and boarding in process... the person ahead of me got the seat...by then, I was expecting that. I figured I'd wind up #1 on the list when the flight took off. I stayed #1 until just before the door closed; then someone jumped ahead of me and I was #2. At that point, Polaris was full so it really didn't matter, but I thought it was happening differently from what I was using to seeing.

Since then, I've done better with flights that don't have PE or not requesting PE, but I haven't requested it so I can't really compare... and each flight is different so who knows... I'm happy to hear that others have had better experiences.

Perhaps I could have searched, but hoping for a quick answer.

I requested PlusPoints on two segments LASDEN, DENSTL for two passengers; yes a waste but they are going to expire so might as well use them.

When I click on just the LASDEN segment for both of us it says total 40; when I click the DENSTL segment as well, the total stays at 40 if I request upgrades for both passengers and both segments. Is that correct? Isn't it per segment and should be a total of 80, or is it directional (LASDENSTL) and they will only collect the highest amount of points needed?

It is not per segment, it is per upgrade request. It will collect the largest number of pluspoints needed for any segment in a request, regardless of how many segments there are. So putting in a request for LAS-DEN-STL would need 20 per person, but if you requested LAS-DEN and it cleared and deducted 20 and then requested DEN-STL it would need an additional 20.

It was the buy-up offers that destroyed your upgrade chance. I just heard from a colleague that economy-to-Polaris buyup was about $600 (US to Europe) at the last minutes. The speculation for other causes such as requests for both PremiumPlus and Polaris is fruitless.

Thank you! I thought this was the case but for some reason I completely was having a mental block about it since I've been flying AA more recently.

Not a fan of this time-of-year, as my PlusPoints are dwindling down to almost zero; have to conserve them where I can.

Currently have some PlusPoints for Y to O waitlisted, but am not seeing any buy-up options at all.
Plane is near empty; what's the best option here? Call in and remove the PlusPoints from the segment, to get buy-up upgrade options?

Is the flight O9 A9 R9? If s:o chances are upgrades will clear a some point before the flight. You can also always call in and ask where you are on the list. I'd do that before trying to buy up.

You can remove online, check the offer and if uninteresting, reapply. Not likely to shift waitlist position.

Or call and ask about the offer.

Check waitlist position by changing device date (desktop/laptop/tablet) to your flight date and check flight status

Thanks.

• O9
• A9
• R8

But my goal is J, not O. Not sure if I should wait for the upgrade to clear or not. The way the seatmap looks right now, I may prefer an almost empty E cabin, to a semi-full O cabin, so it's becoming E or J only at this point.
Just not sure what the best course of action is. On a G fare so getting into O was 20 PP, J is 80PP, which is more than I want to 'spend'.


Ah, let me try that. Thanks.

IMHO if your goal is J for 40 points you should have b;)ught W or higher...

Yeah, true. :) Unfortunately was/is too expensive.

Can't see where to remove PlusPoints online...hmmm. How do you remove PlusPoint waitlist request from a segment?