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Old May 21, 2012, 10:37 pm
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Originally Posted by dkc715
...I was stunned by the honesty and candor of Mr. Rainey's remarks, though he obviously didn't think his investor audience also consisted of 1Ks/GS.
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it isn't hard to see how he assumes most 1Ks are "over entitled" or even unprofitable. .....
Since you were there, what makes you think it was 1Ks that were being referred to??
UA Insider and the quote in WSJ both seem to point the finger at Silvers as the "over entitled" group.

Originally Posted by johnru36
.. Minor point but the up to 8 people in E+ seating mystifies me. Why? Where did 8 come from? ....
The max number of passagners on a PNR is 9, so the elite + 8 max (for Plat/1K/GS).
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