Originally Posted by
UALurkerORD
I'm willing to be that a large majority of 2P's have never heard of FT or care to track their UDU results.
That's true and who cares? We are interested in the UDU success/failure ratio of the informed elites who care about sitting in the front. IOW, the ratios of elite FTers. The success rate of the legendary GS that is oblivious to his status matters not.
Originally Posted by
UALurkerORD
You have to take into account reporting bias in those statistics... 30-40% of ORD-LAX or LAX-ORD 1K stats on that site are from the results of my flights.
And I suspect I dominate the DEN- and -DEN stats, at least for SAN, SFO, and SJC. That's the point. It is biased toward FTers. Our successes and failures are all that matter. If a vocal elite community of UA's finds success under UDU, then it matters not to UA if the sheep fail.
Originally Posted by
Mr. Mastodon Flyer
Not to mention that people are more likely to report successes than failures.
I would think it would be just the opposite ... reporting a failure gives a chance to vent and log some negative stats against the detested UDU program, whereas, some successful upgraders might be too hammered from the free booze to add their stats. How often does UA's complaint/praise department receive praise?
If anything my UDU success rate far exceeds that of all 1K FTers. That's the benefit of closely reading the threads to avoid getting shafted.