{"id":5590,"date":"2013-08-15T04:30:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/?p=5590"},"modified":"2013-08-11T22:39:05","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T05:39:05","slug":"united-airlines-bait-and-switches-on-buy-up-to-first-class-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/08\/15\/united-airlines-bait-and-switches-on-buy-up-to-first-class-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines Bait and Switch on Buy Up to First Class Upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, my friend Ceci (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newsceci\" target=\"_blank\">@newsceci<\/a>) was checking in for her flight from SAN-BOS via EWR on her mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5587\" alt=\"unitedupsellceci1\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci1-576x1024.png\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci1-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci1-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As she was checking in for her flight segment from San Diego to Newark, she saw a buy-up price of $209 on her phone for a First Class upgrade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5588\" alt=\"unitedupsellceci2\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci2-576x1024.png\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci2-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci2-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a novice frequent flyer, Ceci texted me to confirm if it was a good deal. I said $209 for an almost six hour flight from San Diego to Newark transcontinental flight was a complete bargain. That almost equates to $34.83 \/ hour which is worth it since she had to be at work the next day.<\/p>\n<p>She clicked on the \u201cFirst upgrade $209\u201d button and it brought her to a new screen where the price changed to $879 for the SAN-EWR segment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5589\" alt=\"unitedupsellceci3\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/files\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci3-576x1024.png\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci3-576x1024.png 576w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/\/sites\/12\/2013\/08\/unitedupsellceci3-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is clearly bait and switch and she was not pleased. Earlier this week, I wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/pointssummary\/2013\/08\/11\/united-airlines-upgrade-shenanigans-after-booking-an-award-ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\">my United Airlines upgrade shenanigans experience<\/a> after booking an award ticket. I\u2019m having a serious love-hate relationship with United. <strong>Has this ever happened to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Last week, my friend Ceci (@newsceci) was checking in for her flight from SAN-BOS via EWR on her mobile phone. 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