Originally Posted by
UA Fan
I recently told my Director that as a GS in UA he had SWU's. I think he lost all of them last year because he didn't know they existed.
I told him he could buy an economy fare, use the travel savings plan to make a $1000 extra and upgrade to business.
He had a strange remark that such an act is against the spirit of the travel savings policy. The general travel policy specifically states that one can use their frequent flyer benefits as they please, so I am baffled as to what exactly is wrong with my idea? Anyone?
I think the director must have misunderstood somehow. Either that or he would rather just have the company pay for biz rather than bother with upgrades clearing, and the chance that it wouldn't. Another possibility is that he fears losing GS if he upgrades tix with SWUs instead of buying full C.
I don't see any ethics problem at all, unless he had to buy a Y ticket that was considerably more than the cheapest available to be able to use the SWU. In that case *ethically* he should do that, upgrade with the SWU, and not claim the TSP $$.