Originally Posted by
SFflyer123
Agree.
I've been 1k for the past two years. That gave me 12 GPUs.
Last year, I threw all 6 in the garbage because of lack of R availability.
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That's one way to look at it. Often there is no R availability but looking at the seat map can be your friend. I flew IAD-LHR with no R availability (I get it, UA is happy to sell that seat to anyone willing to pay 8k RT and why would they give it to me first). 5 of us upgraded at the gate. The more people that jump 1k the better it will be for those of us left behind assuming capacity stays the same.
The other observation I have is that burning GPUs leads me to some strange travel behavior. I will often travel to HKG or popular business destinations over long weekends. The R availability is off the charts because they aren't selling the tickets to the traveling businessperson. Dubai for 4th of July. Sure.