UAL upgrade success/failure tracking website [Please use Website for Posting Results]
Mar 22, 2010, 6:01 pm
#136
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 旧金山/Old Gold Hill/SFO
Programs: UA 1P, Marriott Platium, SPG
Posts: 1,001
Elite Status: 1P
Routing: PDX-SFO
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 7:15 PM
FLT: 158
Fare Class: Q
Airframe: A320
When Cleared: At check-in
Routing: PDX-SFO
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 7:15 PM
FLT: 158
Fare Class: Q
Airframe: A320
When Cleared: At check-in
Mar 22, 2010, 6:16 pm
#137
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: UA Gold 1.6 MM
Posts: 240
Elite Status: 1K
Routing: LAX-LAS
Date/Time: 3/24 @ 6:03 PM
FLT: 459
Fare Class: Q
Airframe: 320
When Cleared: Cleared at booking, 97 hours in advance
Routing: LAX-LAS
Date/Time: 3/24 @ 6:03 PM
FLT: 459
Fare Class: Q
Airframe: 320
When Cleared: Cleared at booking, 97 hours in advance
Mar 22, 2010, 6:29 pm
#138
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central NJ
Programs: UA 1MM+ - Gold, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 187
Elite Status: 2P
Routing: ORD-MSP
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 5:30 PM
FLT: 7674
Fare Class: Q
Airframe: E170
When Cleared: upgraded at gate
I was not on the upgrade list at the time that I went to the gate. I was on a combined UA\CO ticket with my in-bound to ORD on CO.
fyi: CO UDU for 2010 0 for 5 (as Platinum!)
Routing: ORD-MSP
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 5:30 PM
FLT: 7674
Fare Class: Q
Airframe: E170
When Cleared: upgraded at gate
I was not on the upgrade list at the time that I went to the gate. I was on a combined UA\CO ticket with my in-bound to ORD on CO.
fyi: CO UDU for 2010 0 for 5 (as Platinum!)
Mar 22, 2010, 6:32 pm
#139
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 102
Agree. It's reporting bias, and these surveys will never accurately reflect what's happening for 1P/2Ps, as there are far fewer of them represented on FT, relative to 1Ks, and the minority of 2Ps who do get upgraded are far more likely to report, than the masses that fail. The 1K data, however, is useful, and with time, we should get a pretty good handle on which routes we have a better or worse shot at successfully upgrading.
Mar 22, 2010, 6:46 pm
#140
Join Date: May 2004
Location: ORD A.K.A home(35%),SNA(60%),DEN(5%)
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 210
Elite Status:1k
Routing: ORD-SNA
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 9:49 AM
FLT: 365
Fare Class: S
Airframe: 319
When Cleared: Did not Clear
I was 8th on the list when I arrived to board at the gate. I am guessing the ORD-SNA Monday and Friday flights are going to be very tough even for a 1K.
Routing: ORD-SNA
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 9:49 AM
FLT: 365
Fare Class: S
Airframe: 319
When Cleared: Did not Clear
I was 8th on the list when I arrived to board at the gate. I am guessing the ORD-SNA Monday and Friday flights are going to be very tough even for a 1K.
Mar 22, 2010, 7:45 pm
#141
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Denver and Detroit
Programs: UA 1K, MM, SPG Gold, Marriott Silver
Posts: 95
I'm 0 for 1 so far:
DEN - DTW (UA 7289)
10:25 am departure (in theory, actually went about 45 min late) today
Regional jet with ex plus
Fare class W
Did not clear (had requested in advance with 500s awhile back). Called 1K line on day before flight, only one remaining seat; still waitlisted. Ended up #2 out of 18 awaiting upgrade; none of us got it.
DEN - DTW (UA 7289)
10:25 am departure (in theory, actually went about 45 min late) today
Regional jet with ex plus
Fare class W
Did not clear (had requested in advance with 500s awhile back). Called 1K line on day before flight, only one remaining seat; still waitlisted. Ended up #2 out of 18 awaiting upgrade; none of us got it.
Mar 22, 2010, 8:00 pm
#142
Original Poster
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: IAD
Programs: United 1K
Posts: 57
It looks like we have a higher failure rate... but the greatest percentage of the overall upgrades are given to 1Ks too.
Last edited by IADLayover; Mar 22, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Mar 22, 2010, 8:07 pm
#143
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Denver, CO
Programs: UA 1KMM, HH-Diamond, Marriott-Gold, Hertz 5*
Posts: 458
Elite Status: 1K
DEN-MIA
Monday 3/22/10
UA 266 10:41 am
757/2
Fare Class: Q
Did not clear.
Was #4 on PA waitlist at gate. Nobody cleared at gate.
Requested UG using CR-1 at booking on 3/1/10.
But did get a better E+ seat at check in counter.
But my return MIA-DEN on 3/24 cleared at time of booking on 3/1/10.
DEN-MIA
Monday 3/22/10
UA 266 10:41 am
757/2
Fare Class: Q
Did not clear.
Was #4 on PA waitlist at gate. Nobody cleared at gate.
Requested UG using CR-1 at booking on 3/1/10.
But did get a better E+ seat at check in counter.
But my return MIA-DEN on 3/24 cleared at time of booking on 3/1/10.
Mar 22, 2010, 8:18 pm
#144
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: UA GS 0.9MM, HHonors Gold, Marriott Platinum, Hyatt Platinum, Avis First
Posts: 41
love this - please keep it up!!!
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Mar 22, 2010, 8:35 pm
#145
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 2P
Posts: 112
Elite Status: 2P (+ GM)
Routing: [non-hub]-SFO
Fare Class: L
Airframe: A320
Cleared at gate
3-hr delay (inbound aircraft late, don't know why), flight was empty as a lot of people were probably not boarded since they'd misconnect in SFO. I did request the upgrade in advance of the 19th, don't know if that affected it.
Routing: [non-hub]-SFO
Fare Class: L
Airframe: A320
Cleared at gate
3-hr delay (inbound aircraft late, don't know why), flight was empty as a lot of people were probably not boarded since they'd misconnect in SFO. I did request the upgrade in advance of the 19th, don't know if that affected it.
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Mar 22, 2010, 8:39 pm
#146
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Chicago
Programs: UA GS 1MM, CM PP
Posts: 689
I'm going on the books with perhaps a record of the first GS not to clear under UDU. It shocked me but knocked me back down to size.
Elite Status:GS
Routing: SJU-IAD
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 12:38 PM
FLT: 700
Fare Class: T
Aircraft: 320
When Cleared: Did not Clear. Was teased to the podium about 2 available seats but the GA quickly backtracked. Seemed kind of suspicious to me. As a quick aside, do deadheading pilots get higher upgrade priority than elites (or are otherwise directly booked into F)? I had a pair on each of my flights, including this one that didn't clear.
Elite Status:GS
Routing: SJU-IAD
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 12:38 PM
FLT: 700
Fare Class: T
Aircraft: 320
When Cleared: Did not Clear. Was teased to the podium about 2 available seats but the GA quickly backtracked. Seemed kind of suspicious to me. As a quick aside, do deadheading pilots get higher upgrade priority than elites (or are otherwise directly booked into F)? I had a pair on each of my flights, including this one that didn't clear.
Mar 22, 2010, 9:14 pm
#147
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Olympic Mountains, WA and Gallup, NM
Programs: UA 1P
Posts: 117
Mar 22, 2010, 9:30 pm
#148
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 102
On my flight last night, there was an off-duty FA in F (in uniform). Maybe they do get priority?
Mar 22, 2010, 9:43 pm
#149
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: BOS, PVG
Programs: United 1K and 1MM, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 10,000
Will non-status pax waitlisted with CR1 have higher priority over 1K under UDU?
Mar 22, 2010, 9:55 pm
#150
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: United 1K, Marriott Platinum, SPG Platinum
Posts: 1,990
Elite Status: 1K
Routing: SFO-LAX
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 5 PM
FLT: don't recall
Fare Class: don't recal
Aircraft: 320
When Cleared: at the gate - 1 seat left on the list, and i got it.
This is going to be the biggest change for me with UDU. I had a policy with e-500s to never waste them on a flight less than 1000 miles. Looks like SFO-DEN flights I'll be riding in F most of the time now. Nice.
Routing: SFO-LAX
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 5 PM
FLT: don't recall
Fare Class: don't recal
Aircraft: 320
When Cleared: at the gate - 1 seat left on the list, and i got it.
This is going to be the biggest change for me with UDU. I had a policy with e-500s to never waste them on a flight less than 1000 miles. Looks like SFO-DEN flights I'll be riding in F most of the time now. Nice.