Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
You should head over the the UA forum and post that in the equivalent thread over there. Don't forget your flak jacket
* No kidding. Double flak jacket.
Originally Posted by
Syzygies
As has been noted, an SWU eligible fare is often a $200 or less bump. Again as has been noted, this could be a scam that never pays off, but if there's actually a better chance of securing the upgrade in advance, I'd gladly pay the $200 each time.
* Can't speak for Asia, but for TATL usually the delta for SWUs isn't that big. I did a trip to AMS in early Sept & literally the dif btwn S (non-ugradable w/ SWU) & W (upgradable) was $60. Granted, not all are that low, but I usually find only $100-200 dif on TATL.
And someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but...
* didn't you all just get SWUs this year (due to the merger I'm guessing) & didn't you have a smaller amount than UA flyers? So while you might have had your (what 2?) SWUs be any fare, wasn't like you got that many to begin w/.
and given UA folk are now having to fly 150K to get the 8 CR1s that they got for 40K & other changes (including 1P- for MM)
I don't get the 'major devaluation' of the CO program.
If someone could line item or do a comparison chart on what you all are losing compared to what UA flyers are losing, I'd appreciate it. Heck, they'd appreciate that in the UA forum too
BTW - I'm not saying you're not taking some hits, but I'm not yet convinced 'your side' is facing the major devaluation.
Cheers.