UA 907 (ORD-SFO) -- any experience with paid upgrades on this route?
May 21, 2011, 9:54 pm
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Programs: AC, BA, DL, AA, JL
Posts: 436
UA 907 (ORD-SFO) -- any experience with paid upgrades on this route?
Say, do any of you have experience with purchasing paid upgrades on the ORD-SFO leg of UA 907? I will be flying to SFO on 1 June 2011 and wonder if I would be better to buy a coach fare and then try to snag a paid upgrade to business either at time of purchase, or upon check-in, or at the gate. Any reports from the field about the availability of upgrades from coach to business on this leg, the timing of when upgrade offers are normally extended for this leg, and the cost of such upgrades on this leg are gratefully received.
.bomb shows that the cheapest coach fare is $164.70 (books into W) right now, while the cheapest business fare is $1445.70 (books into D), so I'm left to wonder if it's likely to be significantly less expensive just to buy the coach fare and hope that the upsell to business is only a few hundred dollars.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
.bomb shows that the cheapest coach fare is $164.70 (books into W) right now, while the cheapest business fare is $1445.70 (books into D), so I'm left to wonder if it's likely to be significantly less expensive just to buy the coach fare and hope that the upsell to business is only a few hundred dollars.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
May 21, 2011, 10:36 pm
#2
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: DL Diamond, UA 1K MM, SPG Plat For Life, Marriott Plat, Nexus/GlobalEntry
Posts: 9,198
With 10 days left to go there is going to be a 0% chance of any paid upgrades to business on that route. Either you'll need to upgrade with an instrument, or buy a business fare.
May 21, 2011, 10:56 pm
#3
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Programs: AC, BA, DL, AA, JL
Posts: 436
That is the kind of intel I am looking for. Thank you very much for both your reply and your advice, SEA1K4EVR! ^
May 22, 2011, 12:32 am
#4
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: UA GS 2MM
Posts: 947
Lots of upgrade availability. . .
UA 907 0 ORD
06/01/11
5:00 PM SFO
06/01/11
7:49 PM 763
First - Standard Award F 4
First - Upgrade [NF] X 0
Business - Standard Award C 9
Business - Upgrade [NC] I 9
UA 907 0 ORD
06/01/11
5:00 PM SFO
06/01/11
7:49 PM 763
First - Standard Award F 4
First - Upgrade [NF] X 0
Business - Standard Award C 9
Business - Upgrade [NC] I 9
May 22, 2011, 2:15 am
#5
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K / CO PLT
Posts: 539
as long as there's NC, I've been offered UFC at the time of booking. not sure if it would still offer after booking and/or after I requested an upgrade.
May 22, 2011, 9:29 am
#6
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SFO, LON
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Bonvoy Tit, Hilton Dia etc etc
Posts: 2,354
Yep, so if you book online it should offer you the chance to purchase an upgrade even if you book Y/W. No real experience on internal flights as to whether this will yield significant savings, though. You will have the option to decline the upgrade purchase anyway, so it's easy to check this.
Book now, do not wait, do not bank on being able to do this at the airport. This flight is always full, and full of 1Ks, and come 100hrs before flight time UDU will make mince meat of that NC9
Book now, do not wait, do not bank on being able to do this at the airport. This flight is always full, and full of 1Ks, and come 100hrs before flight time UDU will make mince meat of that NC9