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United Airlines 1K Upgrade 40 Plus Points Advice, Expires 1/31/2024
Upgrade advice on United Airlines global system wide travel. The advicecomes with 40 Plus Points that can be used for upgrade on international ordomestic flights with United Airlines. The upgrade needs to be applied on flights before expiration date.
Each piece of the advice covers one person, one leg, one-cabin travelupgrade on United Airlines global system wide travel. It is strictly for advice.However, upon purchase of this advice, 40 Plus Points upgrade will be giftedto you.
Instructions:
1. Check with United Airlines to confirm upgrades are available for youritinerary before purchase advice. Please call United to ensure that GPU/R classavailability and instant upgrade is available on your flight. Flights that are notable to instantly upgrade can be upgraded on a standby basis. TICKETS BOOKED WITH MILES ARE EXCLUDED.
2. Purchase this advice.
3. Provide me your Reservation/Booking Code, Passenger Names, and segments and dates that you wish to upgrade.
4. The upgrade will be applied electronically. You will be able to see on yourreservation that an upgrade has been applied or requested in a day or two.
Please note that ifyour upgrade is put on wait list and it's not cleared at time of flight,I willNOTbe able to refundyou, However, I am willing toupgrade any other eligible flight before expiration date (1/31/2024).
For upgrade eligibility, please check United website for the details. If you areuncertain of your ticket qualifies, please check United Airlines to ensure yourtickets are eligible for upgrade. You are responsible for confirming if travel is upgradeable with Plus Points.
Photos in listing are for Polaris class and lounge (ignore masks, no longer required!), applicable if you use the upgrades for those services.
Current Plus Points required are below:
Short-haul flights
Upgrade from:
Upgrade to:
Plus Points
United Economy®
United First®or United Business®
20
United Economy
United Premium Plus
20
United Premium Plus
United Business
10
Short-haul flights are flights without United Polaris business and include flights within the U.S., including Alaska, Hawaii and premium transcontinental service; flights between the U.S. and Canada; Bogota, Colombia; Central America; Caribbean; Mexico and Quito, Ecuador; flights between Guam and Honolulu, including island hopper service; and intra-Asia flights.
Long-haul flights
Upgrade from:
Upgrade to:
Plus Points
Discounted Economy*
United Polaris business
80
United Economy
United Polaris business
40
United Premium Plus
United Polaris business
30
United Economy
United Premium Plus
20
Long-haul flights are flights with United Polaris business, including flights between the U.S. and Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, New Zealand, South America, and Tahiti.
Eligible fare classes
Short-haul flights:
All paid, upgrade-eligible tickets (Class Y, B, M, E, U, H, Q, V, W, S, T, L, K, and G) can be upgraded with Plus Points.
Long-haul flights:
- Discounted Economy to United Polaris business: Fare classes S, T, L, K, and G
- Economy to United Polaris business: Fare classes Y, B, M, E, U, H, Q, V, and W
- United Premium Plus to United Polaris business: Fare classes O, A, and R
Polaris Lounges have been opened thus far (Chicago O'Hare, Washington Dulles, San Francisco, Newark, Houston, and Los Angeles). Access: United Polaris Lounge access is available to United Polaris first and United Polaris business class customers traveling on long-haul international flights.