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Old Nov 19, 2013 | 12:02 pm
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Originally Posted by STS-134
I read this as:
- UA will sell more TOD upgrades out from under elites
- Free checked bags for elite members only. Discounted fees for others on same PNR as the elite.
- Platinum will have number of pax they can bring into E+ reduced to 2 others, 1K to 4 others, and then...all elites will have to pay for E+ seats by 2017. The fees will go down as you get higher status, but there will still be fees.
- Gold and above will lose free SDC. UA will start charging $25 SDC fees for for Platinum, $50 for Gold, $75 for Silver, and $100 for everyone else.
+1, unfortunately. If they are going to hit those goals by 2017, the fees will have to come from somewhere and this seems reasonable if not almost prescient. However, if it does come to pass, UA will have again transformed itself, this time into a Spirit analog.
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