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Old May 31, 2013 | 12:24 am
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spin88
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Programs: 6 year GS, now 2MM Jeff-ugee, *wood LTPlt, SkyPeso PLT
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Originally Posted by RobOnLI
I finished #5 of 77 on the list today! Longest list I've ever seen on a UA flight. 1K on a "W" fare with a GPU. That means more than 50% of the airplane was upgrade eligible. Crazy.

-RM
Yup, and it shows UAs limited reach when faced with competition like at SEA. With VX, AS, and WM all flying the market, they are just doing the minimum to keep some of their elites from defecting on this route, and then running the larger planes to hope to feed to international flights.

Originally Posted by Kacee
Nice perk for GS, raw deal for 1K.

So are GS and 1K not competing for same space if there is P and R availability?
Yes.

Originally Posted by Kacee
Meaning when the GS pulls the P, an R disappears?
It appears so, but no one really knows. But if there are two available spaces, giving one out as a P only leaves one, and if it was P=2, R=1, you can bet that R will = 0 when it clears. Certain buy ups clear into P (or someone can walk up and buy the F seat), so UA wants to keep those buy ups going rather than giving away the seat.
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