As of today United systemwide upgrades can be applied on Continental flights, and full functionality should roll out on August 1. This is great news and opens up a lot more destinations for United flyers to use their systemwide upgrades on.

To determine Continental upgrade space you can either call Continental or check availability on their website. To check upgrade availability on their website, click on “advanced search” on the main search page, and then on the next page select “OnePass Reward Upgrade.”

On the next page just tick the box for the flights you want to upgrade.

Then the next page will display whether or not there’s upgrade space availability. If there is confirmable upgrade space, the booking code will show as “R” (as shown below).

If there isn’t confirmable upgrade space, there will be a message in red saying upgrade space is not available.

It’s simple as that!

Posted on July 26th, 2011 by lucky
Filed under: Continental, United | 10 Comments »

  1. July 26th, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    chasgoose said,

    Does this work in the opposite direction?

  2. July 26th, 2011 at 5:22 pm

    aussie said,

    Is it only on certain fare buckets?

  3. July 26th, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    lucky said,

    @ chasgoose — I believe so, though haven’t had time to investigate as I’m about to hop on a flight.

    @ aussie — Yes, you need to book at least a W class ticket.

  4. July 26th, 2011 at 7:14 pm

    hobo13 said,

    Haha, I’m laughing at all the CO Plats who have been demanding ‘first born naming rights’ in exchange for one of their beloved SWUs. I hope they got their deals done….

    (yes, I realize, CO SWUs are still a little more valuable because they work on all fares — but I don’t believe it’s double!)

  5. July 26th, 2011 at 8:23 pm

    boberonicus said,

    Before booking a flight, how can I search for Continental NC space?

  6. July 27th, 2011 at 12:11 am

    25 July, 2011 - United SWUs now available for use on Continental Flights - Page 4 - FlyerTalk Forums said,

    [...] Here's a good web post with screenshots showing how to search for upgradeable seats on the CO website – helpful for .bomb loyalists… http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemil…h-continental/ [...]

  7. July 27th, 2011 at 8:34 am

    boberonicus said,

    Since that’s a (broken) link to FT that eventually points back to this article, I guess the implication is that this technique can be used before booking. That wasn’t clear to me.

  8. July 27th, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    lucky said,

    @ boberonicus — Sorry for any confusion, that’s correct. That’s the way to search before the time of booking.

  9. August 10th, 2011 at 6:28 pm

    Confirmed regional upgrade reciprocity between United/Continental - One Mile at a Time said,

    [...] merger is finally moving along at a good pace. Just a couple of weeks ago systemwide upgrade reciprocity was announced between United and Continental. As of a couple of days ago, the same is true for confirmed regional [...]

  10. September 13th, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    NF and NC availability on Continental flights - FlyerTalk Forums said,

    [...] I've been using this method to look for international NC space thanks to Boarding Area. http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemil…h-continental/ Pretty easy and IMHO less time consuming than UA's method of having to click on each flight to [...]

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