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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 2:28 pm
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Originally Posted by SAT Lawyer
CR-1s appear to be a sacred cow to most 1Ks. I'd imagine that just about all of them are getting more domestic upgrades per year under the UDU system than they were getting prior to its institution. In a way, it's a shame that UA can't offer 1Ks the option of opting out of the UDU system altogether in exchange for being provided with eight CR-1s. I bet next to none of them would sacrifice unlimited theoretical domestic upgrades for a net of four one-way confirmed ones, notwithstanding how much tribute is paid to CR-1s around these parts.

CR-1 is just a funeral bell which is the beginning of the elegy of the old United
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