UA Upsell Offers For Bus./First Seating (At Purchase, OLCI, or Gate) 2011 Edition.
Mar 15, 2011, 7:33 am
#256
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: South Bend, IN
Programs: United 2P
Posts: 160
I bought tickets for SBN-ORD-SEA return SEA-PDX-ORD-SBN Sunday night. I was offered a buy up for the ORD-SEA and PDX-ORD legs on 757's for $300 each. I declined and I'll take my (low) chances with UDU
Mar 15, 2011, 7:43 am
#257
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: ABE/PHL/EWR
Programs: UA Gold
Posts: 396
SEA-ORD on an A320 for $300 and ORD-PHL on an A320 for $150.
Mar 15, 2011, 10:26 pm
#258
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: TPE, SF, DC
Programs: UA Lifetime GS 4mm
Posts: 892
LAX-JFK PS flight early April
offered $400 for instant upgrade from Y->C (at least 10 open)
Declined and used CR-1 to upgrade
Declined and used CR-1 to upgrade
Mar 19, 2011, 10:01 am
#259
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Programs: VA Gold, UA, SPG Gold, HH Diamond, Marriott Gold, IHG Ambassador
Posts: 3,644
Mar 19, 2011, 1:38 pm
#260
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: LRM
Programs: UA/DL plat to AA
Posts: 525
CO Buy-up data point
I am flying on CO from SNA to IAH on Monday. Looking at CO's website, I can see that, well inside the plat/1K window, 1 seat has been sold and exactly 0 elites have been upgraded. Nice.
Mar 23, 2011, 2:03 am
#261
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: PDX
Programs: DL DM, AS MVP 100K, Amtrak peon, Colbert Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 4,538
At booking, K fare
Y->F
SFO-DEN $150
DEN-TPA $225
TPA-IAD $150
IAD-SFO N/A
Declined all pending UDU.
Y->F
SFO-DEN $150
DEN-TPA $225
TPA-IAD $150
IAD-SFO N/A
Declined all pending UDU.
Mar 23, 2011, 3:39 am
#262
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA MP
Posts: 177
There's been some mixed messages having gone through this thread and I'd appreciate some clarification. I'm waitlisted Y->C on a JFK-SFO ps flight next month and if I see that there's no way I'm going to clear, I can walk up to the gate agent and ask to possibly purchase the upgrade outright?
I'm regretting not buying the Z fare after having read this flight is notoriously hard to get upgraded on thurs afternoon-night, but curious minds would like to know.
edit: staying true to the thread, I was offered W->F for $300 SFO-ORD early may.
I'm regretting not buying the Z fare after having read this flight is notoriously hard to get upgraded on thurs afternoon-night, but curious minds would like to know.
edit: staying true to the thread, I was offered W->F for $300 SFO-ORD early may.
Mar 23, 2011, 9:32 am
#263
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 522
There's been some mixed messages having gone through this thread and I'd appreciate some clarification. I'm waitlisted Y->C on a JFK-SFO ps flight next month and if I see that there's no way I'm going to clear, I can walk up to the gate agent and ask to possibly purchase the upgrade outright?
I'm regretting not buying the Z fare after having read this flight is notoriously hard to get upgraded on thurs afternoon-night, but curious minds would like to know.
edit: staying true to the thread, I was offered W->F for $300 SFO-ORD early may.
I'm regretting not buying the Z fare after having read this flight is notoriously hard to get upgraded on thurs afternoon-night, but curious minds would like to know.
edit: staying true to the thread, I was offered W->F for $300 SFO-ORD early may.
But you could use 15,000 miles to waitlist for an upgrade. If you have status - there is a good chance that will clear
Mar 23, 2011, 10:00 am
#264
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,176
CO seems to have swung from often filling up even before the EUA window to now not releasing hardly any F seats til T-24
Mar 23, 2011, 1:06 pm
#265
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA MP
Posts: 177
People were talking about straight cash buy-ups at the gate, that's what I was asking about. I'm already waitlisted with 15k miles on the flight, but I'm sitting at 0% upgrade success (using miles) JFK-SFO this year.
Mar 25, 2011, 12:23 pm
#266
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Philadelphia, LAX, Paris
Programs: UA 1K/2MM, SPG/Marriott Lifetime Titanium, Lifetime HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, AA Exec Plat
Posts: 3,391
So I'm a lot more careful with my stash of CR-1 these days.
Mar 25, 2011, 6:31 pm
#267
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: EWR, PHL
Programs: UA1k 3MM, AA Plt, peasant on everybody else, elite something or other at a bunch of hotels.
Posts: 4,637
LAX-Europe TATL legs @ $999 each, Y->C
Offered at booking. Both outbound and return have connections. Declined both, SWU's cleared for TATL but domestic flights are waitlisted. Flights in late April/early May.
I was able to pick one or both flights to upgrade if I wanted, so this is a ^. Now if they could just do something about the price! If the return had included the domestic flight from IAD-LAX, I probably would have taken the offer.
Fare class appears to have no bearing on the price. Outbound is a B fare while the inbound is an H, but both U/G's were priced at $999 each.
I was able to pick one or both flights to upgrade if I wanted, so this is a ^. Now if they could just do something about the price! If the return had included the domestic flight from IAD-LAX, I probably would have taken the offer.
Fare class appears to have no bearing on the price. Outbound is a B fare while the inbound is an H, but both U/G's were priced at $999 each.
Mar 26, 2011, 12:02 am
#268
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA MP
Posts: 177
Booked SFO-FRA-AMS and return in Z for $3100 in late April. Granted, I don't price these trips out very often, but it seemed like a good deal considering SFO-JFK ps flights in Z aren't much less than that.
Was offered a Z->A upgrade on the SFO-FRA leg for $999 when I purchased the tickets.
Was offered a Z->A upgrade on the SFO-FRA leg for $999 when I purchased the tickets.
Mar 26, 2011, 12:13 am
#269
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,267
Purchased SFO-NRT in Z today for 3500. Was offered upgrade to F both ways for 1100 each way. I declined.
Mar 26, 2011, 12:43 am
#270
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Denver
Programs: UA MM, over 1.3 lifetime miles
Posts: 56
$1100 each way? that's offensive; how stupid do they think we are? do they even have lie flat beds on that aircraft? not all 777's are refurbished !