How to Use United Airlines Upgrade Alerts

United Upgrade Alerts help you monitor upgrade availability on eligible United-operated flights without repeatedly checking for space yourself.

Once you create an alert, PointsYeah monitors upgrade availability and notifies you when your selected upgrade becomes available.

United Upgrade Alerts are available with PointsYeah Premium.

What Can United Upgrade Alerts Monitor?

United Upgrade Alerts can track eligible upgrades on United-operated flights using:

• PlusPoints
• MileagePlus miles
• MileagePlus miles with a cash copay

Partner-operated and codeshare flights are not currently supported.

How to Create a United Upgrade Alert

Creating an alert takes a few steps.

Enter:

• Your departure airport
• Your arrival airport
• Your travel date (or date range)
• An optional United flight number if you only want to monitor a specific flight

Once your alert is saved, PointsYeah begins monitoring automatically.

How Monitoring Works

PointsYeah adjusts how often it checks upgrade availability based on how close your departure date is.

• For travel more than a month away, alerts are checked approximately once per day.
• As your departure approaches, monitoring becomes more frequent.
• During the final days before departure, availability is checked as often as once per hour.

If an eligible upgrade becomes available, you’ll receive a notification.

How Many Alerts Can I Create?

United Upgrade Alerts are included with PointsYeah Premium.

Premium members can create up to 32 active United Upgrade Alerts.

Each travel date counts as one active alert.

You can pause or delete alerts at any time to free up available alert slots.

How You’ll Be Notified

When PointsYeah detects eligible upgrade availability that matches your alert, you’ll receive a notification so you can return to United and request or confirm your upgrade.

Notifications are available through:

• Email
• Your My Alerts dashboard

Things to Know

United Upgrade Alerts monitor upgrade availability on eligible United-operated flights only.

If you’re monitoring an entire route, PointsYeah checks all eligible United flights between your selected airports. If you enter a specific flight number, only that flight is monitored.

Upgrade availability is determined by United and may change at any time.