MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
-Sammich, 1/15/2011

Message Thread | This response ↓  United upgrade experts - LovetheChief August 26, 2026, 08:41:02 I’ve been silver for years too and that’s only happened to me 3x I think - snipes824 Yesterday, 09:18:52 Welp, I jinxed it. Only first class for the second leg, ORD to PIA. Hard life.* - LovetheChief Yesterday, 04:27:18 thoughts and prayers - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 07:52:35 I’ll rule out handies in an airport bathroom - timmer August 26, 2026, 14:53:18 weird. I'm 1k and i feel like upgrades are much harder to come by now. there's been a clear shift. - cpsteine August 26, 2026, 12:27:58 I’m going to India in October and found Virgin Atlantic Upper Class seats for $3800 round trip - ATL August 26, 2026, 15:54:08 no idea on exotic airlines like virgin. but evolution at united (and AA, delta, i assume) is clear* - cpsteine Yesterday, 14:38:02 With United auto upgrading people, it also meant less people needed to spend miles on upgrades. - Carl Spackler August 26, 2026, 13:24:27 getting upgrades on miles is hard, as anybody with a lot of pluspoints is ahead of you* - cpsteine Yesterday, 14:36:22 Yeah, I tend to either buy it (thanks work travel to Europe) or just laugh at the wasted PlusPoints* - Dilbert August 26, 2026, 12:59:51 Seems odd, but could just be a function of flight days and times. * - Dilbert August 26, 2026, 11:38:58 flying to smaller, less busy airports* - Poldark August 26, 2026, 08:45:58 Miami, KC, Denver, Houston and today, Philly* - LovetheChief August 26, 2026, 11:10:37 « Index | View all »