I was on UA1574 SFO to Maui on 3-4-13. It is a 757 with 24 F seats and first was showing full for a couple of days prior. On the plane I got a chance to look closely at the purser's list of passengers. What I found interesting was that out of 24 passengers, 2 were GS, 2 were 1K (I was one), 2 platinum and the rest did not show any status. First thing was the fact that the GS's and 1K's had their names circled in pen- good and that there were very few higher elites. On the U mobile site it showed 20 out of 24 were upgraded. It looks like most of the upgrades must have been miles and not complimentary upgrades. I booked a week out and at that time there were only 4 seats left so I used miles and was able to upgrade at booking. With U flying the 757 and 737 and not the 767 to Maui, there are a lot less F seats. In the past I never lost a upgrade and now it is getting tougher.
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