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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 9:49 am
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Originally Posted by Budley
Yes, I agree. This is also similar to what Emirates is doing, but much more blatant. And I have reduced my UA flying to zero (courtesy of Smisek), so I have no idea what offers I might have got.

You have a choice, you know. Leave CO to the kettles and see where they end up. Talk about gaming the system..
Seriously? I know nothing about EK other than that they are usually held up as a shining example of doing things well.

Originally Posted by ddrost1
nope, this doesn't work either, it's been my model all year except for one business trip where i had an M fare, everything else has been K,L,G and my offers are still outrageous for buyups as a ~55-60k PQM gold. meanwhile whenever i do an OLCI for mrs ddrost1 (no UA MP#, US kettle) she gets $149 buyups from SMF-ORD and IAD on the same fare structures.

i'd switch if i could, but i am a hostage of the network and to switch would mean spending at least a year starting over for status.
This is the most discouraging kind of example. How many times have you solidly reproduced this?

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