CPUs are decreasing because UA is selling them out from under you. What once was is no more. Or, not so much anymore. If you want an upgrade pay for it. Or someone else will. You can sit in back and gripe or you can function in the new world. It's your choice.
Me? A UA manager? The regulars are laughing as much as I am at that patent absurdity.
RNE, aside, "Drat! My cover is blown!"
I'm not griping about not sitting up front. As a Gold out of SFO I don't expect to get a CPU even without any TOD's being taken. Just too many Platinum, 1K and GS here. I'm griping about how the process is not what we were led to believe it is by Shannon. I'm griping about how UA is doing everything in its power to get rid of elites. Someone in another thread had it right, they are becoming the Spirit airline of the majors. But they are so short sighted. They would rather get an extra $100 on a $200 fare for the buy up to F than give it free to the elite that probably paid $400, or most likely more, and is now thinking of bailing because they are no longer getting any value out of the extra money they spend because in the past they had a benefit of getting upgrades. Now I have no idea how many of the buy ups are kettles or elites that have given up on CPU's and are just taking the buy up.