Well American has been hiring plenty of us Denver residents with success. I personally love living in Denver, but I’m surprised to read someone is “locked down” to the Mile High city. It’s called California East for unfortunate reasons. Denver is notorious for having “touch and go” residents who spend a few years then dip.

If you’re curious why the OP is desperately requesting UAL DEN upgrade times go look at what 500k gets you for a place. You’ll be asking yourself, “is that a house or just an expensive dumpster with a roof attached?”