Was your connecting flight on a time machine? :cool:

Not sure if this one counts. I ended up getting rebooked this morning after missing my connection. When I rebooked I requested the upgrade for the flight, it cleared at the gate almost immediately. Everything was mute though because after the aircraft boarded and we pushed off from gate we didn't get past the tarmac as we ended up have a mechanical issue; had to return to the gate and the flight ended up being cancelled. None the less I did get the upgrade, I just couldn't use it :(

Elite status: 2P
Routing: ORD-IAD
Day of week/Date/Time of day: Monday, 3/22/10, 8:57AM
Plane type: 777
When cleared: At Gate
Booking code: Y

Granted, it's my wife, but...

Elite status: 1K
Routing: ORD-LAX
Day of week/Date/Time of day: 10AM-ish, Monday
Plane type: 767 (Domestic Config)
When cleared: At the 100-hour window
Booking code: ? (cheap)

Her return flight Friday on a 757 (now within the 100-hour mark) has not cleared yet.

In the meantime, this will prob enhance our odds of upgrades (since many elite travelers are still flying on reservations booked pre 3/19/10) I think most assume that upgrades "are processed automatically" as UA has been promoting, when in fact this is a huge glitch. 1K desk is aware, and more than happy to add the upgrade request manually.

Elite Status: 1k

Routing: ONT-DEN
Date/Time: 3/26 @ 7:24 AM
FLT: 0751
Airframe: 320
When Cleared: 120 Hours
Booking code: Unknown. Booked by outside agency

As many people have stated, I also had to call to put all my itins purchased prior to 3/19 into the UDU system.

Elite Status: 1P

Routing: DCA-ORD
Date/Time: 3/19 13:34
FLT: 619
Airframe: 319
When Cleared: 24 Hours
Booking code: Q
Day of week: Friday

Routing: CVG-ORD
Date/Time: 3/21 19:48
FLT: 7381
Airframe: CR7
When Cleared: 48 Hours
Booking code: Q
Day of week: Sunday
Notes: 3 Non-revs in the F cabin

Routing: ORD-DCA
Date/Time: 3/21 21:05
FLT: 628
Airframe: 320
When Cleared: Did Not Clear
Booking code: Q
Day of Week: Sunday
Notes: 2 Non-revs in F, 1 F seat went out empty w/15 on the upgrade waitlist (I was #4). :td:

Elite Status: 1K

Routing: ORD-DFW
Date/Time: 3.22 / 9:46A
FLT: 819
Airframe: 319
When Cleared: did not clear

5/30 on waitlist with F checked in full. Monday morning is not the best time to be testing this, as its prime time. Based on those numbers, I wouldn't even have cleared if it was a 320 with 12 F seats. Ouch. Additional data point, I was on a cheap U fare.

Three more data points for my staff (separate PNRs)

Elite status: 1K
Routing: HNL-SFO-DEN-ABQ
Day of week/Date/Time of day: Tue/3-23/HNL-SFO 6:40 am/SFO-DEN 4:26 pm/DEN-ABQ 9:07 pm
Plane type: 763/A320/EMB170
When cleared: All 3 flights within 100 hour mark (had to call)
Booking code: S

Elite status: 1P
Routing: HNL-SFO-DEN-ABQ
Day of week/Date/Time of day: Tue/3-23/HNL-SFO 6:40 am/SFO-DEN 4:26 pm/DEN-ABQ 9:07 pm
Plane type: 763/A320/EMB170
When cleared: All 3 flights within 72 hour mark (had to call)
Booking code: S

Elite status: 2P
Routing: HNL-SFO
Day of week/Date/Time of day: Tue/3-23/HNL-SFO
Plane type: 763
When cleared: HNL-SFO flight within 48 hour mark (had to call)
Booking code: S
Waitlisted on SFO-DEN and DEN-ABQ flights

TF:cool:

That's because everyone else drives from LA to Phoenix. :D

Elite Status: 1k

Routing: SEA-IAD
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 10:27PM
FLT: 0262
Airframe: 320
When Cleared: 71 Hours
Booking code: L

Interesting... I almost never used to clear on this flight until at the gate. Also, when I check the morning of the flight I see all seats filled. They usually leave a couple seats for buy-ups to F until the gate.

Elite Status: 1K

Routing: ORD-LAX
Date/Time: 3/22 @ 8:01 AM
FLT: 842
Fare Class: V
Airframe: A320
When Cleared: Did not clear

12/53 on waitlist with 2 F seats remaining. They didn't hand out the remaining two seats until boarding started. My standard Monday morning flight from ORD-LAX is usually the earlier one, so I'm not sure if it is status quo to have so many elites. I typically got 90% success rate before UDU, so will be interesting to report about the 6:30 AM flight next week.

The reservation was ticketed prior to 3/19 and I did not call to request the upgrade and it did not show as waitlisted prior to the flight. Naturally I called 1k line on Friday to find out what the deal was and was told that "there already has been a request made on your behalf due to the UDU program". Good nugget of additional information from 1K line, CR-1's and SWU take precedence over UDU even when there is a waitlist and/or under airport control. I will test this theory using CR-1 on flight back to ORD this week (currently waitlisted).

Elite Status: 2P

Routing: DEN-DFW
Date/Time: 3/21 @ 8:08 PM
FLT: 338
Fare Class: Q
Airframe: B757
When Cleared: Did not clear

Elite Status: 1k

Routing: IAD-MSY
Date/Time: 3/24 4:54pm
FLT: 692
Fare Class: V
Airframe: A319
When Cleared: 3/22 12:00pm

Routing: MSY-IAD
Date/Time: 3/25 5:53pm
FLT: 7657
Fare Class: V
Airframe: E170
When Cleared: 3/22 12:00pm

Noticed my itinerary didn't have any indication of a waitlisted upgrade. Call 1k, and they processed the upgrade immediately. Using the seatmaps in UA.com, there are 5/8 remaining spots on the outbound, and 5/6 spots remaining on the return left.

The 1K percentage is pretty scary.

Until we get several month's worth of statistics, we really can't tell much. There are more 1K's than anybody (at least it seems) that post in this forum so we need to wait for the 1P and 2P stats to build up as well.