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Nov 1, 2013, 2:45 pm

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Originally Posted by hobo13

Has anyone considered just how many IT nightmares UA is initiating all at once? Between trying to make SHARES price partner awards and keep track of PQD's, I sense an IT disaster of epic proporotins.

Remember, these are the same crack IT guys that were giving away the house for $5 just a couple months ago. And selling awards to HKG for 4 miles. And.....

Maybe they can contract CGI Federal to help with the implementation.

This is actually a very good but scary point. Among the many, many crazy complications, I can see all sorts of additional screw-ups in partner award reservations, which already are subject to many problems.