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Old Jun 3, 2013, 3:33 pm
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mre5765
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Originally Posted by chinatraderjmr
Good advice if status is the ultimate goal and oyu have the extra time to kill. Be careful though. With so many RJ flights, you are bound to have more then a few cancellations throughout the year, getting stuck in between your origin and destination.
The number of times UA has forced me to overnight since '96: I can count on one hand. A period of time when I've been gold or 1K (1K since 2007).

One needs to be proactive on going standby for earlier flights.
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