Hi - I'm a relatively new (mid-August) 1K; seven r/t's to Asia since April (almost all booked in Y) helped the cause.
So, here's the background and the questions, forgive if I couldn't find the answer buried in the previous posts. For the first time since making 1K; and the first time since I was gold, I couldn't clear the upgrade list last Saturday on UA803, IAD-NRT.
1) Is there any difference if I had tried to use miles/$$$ instead of a GPU? I was surprised to find myself a lowly 5th on the list! The website says there isn't...but, is there some trick I don't know about? As a side note, my agency insists on not ticketing reservations until 3-4 days before we travel, regardless of how early we book. They're not helpful in this regard.
2) This is the first time one of my Asian trips (IAD-NRT-MNL) was booked in 'U' vs. 'Y'; ironically the NH segment NRT-MNL; MNL-NRT isn't code-shared to UA. Just to clarify...they upgrade all the 1Ks by class order, THEN the Platinums by class order, THEN golds by class order, etc....correct?
3) I return tomorrow (MNL-NRT-IAD) on NH950/UA804. Once again, the upgrade on UA804 hasn't cleared. The thing that surprised me here...J was showing 19/49 booked (old config swap out) up until a few hours ago. Now, it's showing 39/49 booked only a few hours later, with lots of seats in the seat map for E+ now empty and (I'm guessing here) upgraded to J. Even as a 1K, my upgrade didn't clear.
Where am I going with this? I don't care if I need to use a GPU or $$$/miles to upgrade....I just need an upgrade of some kind to clear. What I don't want is to just get a "thank you, here's your GPU back." Any advice to get cleared into J, within these few hours before heading to the airport?
thanks
So, here's the background and the questions, forgive if I couldn't find the answer buried in the previous posts. For the first time since making 1K; and the first time since I was gold, I couldn't clear the upgrade list last Saturday on UA803, IAD-NRT.
1) Is there any difference if I had tried to use miles/$$$ instead of a GPU? I was surprised to find myself a lowly 5th on the list! The website says there isn't...but, is there some trick I don't know about? As a side note, my agency insists on not ticketing reservations until 3-4 days before we travel, regardless of how early we book. They're not helpful in this regard.
2) This is the first time one of my Asian trips (IAD-NRT-MNL) was booked in 'U' vs. 'Y'; ironically the NH segment NRT-MNL; MNL-NRT isn't code-shared to UA. Just to clarify...they upgrade all the 1Ks by class order, THEN the Platinums by class order, THEN golds by class order, etc....correct?
3) I return tomorrow (MNL-NRT-IAD) on NH950/UA804. Once again, the upgrade on UA804 hasn't cleared. The thing that surprised me here...J was showing 19/49 booked (old config swap out) up until a few hours ago. Now, it's showing 39/49 booked only a few hours later, with lots of seats in the seat map for E+ now empty and (I'm guessing here) upgraded to J. Even as a 1K, my upgrade didn't clear.
Where am I going with this? I don't care if I need to use a GPU or $$$/miles to upgrade....I just need an upgrade of some kind to clear. What I don't want is to just get a "thank you, here's your GPU back." Any advice to get cleared into J, within these few hours before heading to the airport?
thanks