Yea....just think of the cleaning/extermination/disinfecting bills...it would be way more that $79 to let a non elite sit there, when we elite got it for free. Keep all riff-raff out of F, as it lowers the experience of those that didn't pay any more for it than the GM paid for his Y seat...sure, he paid more with the $79, but we are elite and should not have to suffer the insult. Oh wait, we paid for it with our loyalty..and that is worth more than money on a product that is going to spoil. Spoilage=good, extra money=bad!

Sarcasm aside, what makes it worse to collect $79 from a GM than giving it away for free to someone who maybe achieved 2P for flying one rt every 2 months on a 3 segment leg? (I realize that I am arguing indirectly against me, an employee getting it as the $79 dude would get it before me, for my loyalty, but cash is king.) $79 today is money in the bank. Give away a product when people are willing to pay for it? Let it go unused when people are willing to pay for it?

Maybe UDU should be eliminated, and all of status should again get a limited number of coupons, thus putting a value on the product again.


By the way, I think that $79 price point was too low, they could have made more my selling it segment by segment at the gate, provided Y wasn't empty and there were enough people on the flight that might have considered it. It is was empty in Y, then $79 is $79 more than they would have gotten.