What a fun day to be Shannon!

Taking UA at their word that this is not about TOD upgrades and that we will get access back someday. Still, it's baffling that the solution isn't "fix it first, and then replace it" rather than "generate lots of ill will among high-margin pax."

Just one data point --

I noticed the change today when I went looking to plan Mrs. mwc8962's ORD-SIN trip next month. But with no visibility to ON space, there's a bit less incentive to send the $7K to UA. Maybe it wouldn't be so bothersome if her GPUs expired 12/31 instead of 10/31...

FWIW, you can tell by my # of posts that I'm not a frequent FT user -- I'm noting this just to point out that the change is deplored by more than just high-volume posters, because I suspect UA of calculations that say "hey, there's 75 guys on FT who are going to piss and moan about this, but that's NBD." I think there are many more high-margin, non-FTers who are driven to expand their horizons by this.