Thanks for this! I forgot that AA changed their policy just a few months ago and now allow upgrades on basic economy flights! Like say a business trip at peak travel times? Having held all 3 top statuses at the same time, I can easily conclude UA is by far the best for international long haul upgrades — both in terms of ease of use as well as availability of booked in advance.
I fly a lot of ultra-longhaul flights and PlusPoints have been far cheaper and easier to use compared to the old upgrade certificates. This is based on my experience on booking 5 ultra longhaul flights in the past 6 months for myself and family. Greg — I completely disagree. Last I checked, United offers basically zero advance-confirmable space on flights longer than 2. Thanks, good points. In this post I looked only at systemwide upgrades.
I imagine that if I broadened the comparison to include both regional and systemwide that Delta would have looked better. I do agree that, on paper, United looks the best, but they fail to deliver IMO. Sign in. Log into your account.
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Hey Jeff, thanks for that correction! Very helpful and will update accordingly. The upgrade did not work for me. Jason, What, specifically, did United tell you? Best, John. Hey O2nz, thanks for those corrections — appreciate the feedback!
Will update accordingly. Happy flying,. My ticket starts with so I cannot use the online tool. They indicated my ticket would not be upgradable. I asked them to look into it and they confirmed that it is not an upgradable fare on Lufthansa, with or without availability. Any advice on how to successfully make this upgrade request?
I spoke to several agents and a supervisor trying to experience LH First class. Hi Andy, sorry to hear about that experience. Were you able to finally get an answer from a supervisor?
Sorry, I wish I had a better answer for you! Keep us posted. Interesting thing happened today. Today, it indicated that my request was successfully submitted and that there was not an upgrade available, but I am now on the waitlist.
Very interesting! Thanks for the update, Andy. So I made it to Frankfurt. Boarded Lufthansa and had a great tip. Service nice, bed wide and long and a good trup. Amenity gift was a portable watch container, which is super attractive.
Thanks for your post, I would never tried otherwise! Which it did. Andy, do you have the link to the United site where you were able to successfully submit your request? I think the post is missing the information, what fare classes to look for if you want to upgrade. United is rather generous in making Complimentary Premier Upgrades CPUs available to members with every tier of Premier Elite status, and this includes one companion traveling on the same reservation — even for lowly Silver elites like myself.
CPUs will be automatically requested for you on all eligible flights, which are paid tickets on United- and United Express-operated flights excluding basic economy tickets in the following regions:. Award tickets are normally not eligible for CPUs, but you can circumvent this rule if you hold any of the following United cobranded credit cards:.
The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer. Upon qualifying for United Premier Platinum status , members will receive two Regional Premier Upgrades RPUs and another two are awarded after qualifying for Premier 1K status — a notable drop in quantity that took effect as of Jan. GPUs can be used to upgrade any paid United economy fare excluding basic economy to move to Premium Plus or business class.
ANA allows you to request a GPU upgrade eight weeks before departure; Lufthansa will let you request an upgrade a full days in advance.
The good news is that for both of these carriers, upgrade inventory is the same as award inventory, so you can upgrade to first class if there are any O seats available, and business class if there are any I seats available assuming you booked an upgrade-eligible fare class. United offers a number of different options for upgrading your flights to a more comfortable seat. Just be sure to check upgrade inventory first as the carrier is notoriously stingy at opening up inventory — especially in advance.
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