Originally Posted by DCEsquire

I understand that W is an economy fare, but it's also the lowest fare basis that you can use to qualify for the use of your SWU. To the larger point of the thread, if UA is not going to make W fares available or severely limit their availability and require 1ks etc to book higher economy fair buckets I think it's not a stretch to say that UA just imposed a greater "tax" on the use of a SWU and they reduced the benefit of being a 1k.

It would be one thing if they were guaranteeing me the upgrade, but they don't. I'm paying to play the lottery so to speak. If W availability is limited, the price of Biz Class Lotto just went up.