Originally Posted by
notquiteaff
Many of those who complain about the loss of CR1s need those, too. (I personally can probably do without them).
But isn't that exactly what you did? Put it in your individual context?
(and yes, this being FT, there will always be complainers for the sake of complaining, but there are certainly many who will get fewer benefits in 2012 because of these changes and thus have a reason to complain... Like I said, just wait until they change something that you happen to care about...)
For UA, the real problem is the co-existence of UDU and CR1s (soon to be called URU - unlimited regional upgrades). They do not know how to solve the equation in which CR1s cover some of the same territories that UDU does automatically. The two UG instruments thus appear redundant. It is why UA has been itching to do away with CR1, and in fact did after UDU started...
There is no equivalent to the SWUs on the international scene so that it is much "cleaner" as a perk for those who travel 100K miles... and you must travel 100K miles before you see a single SWU.