Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
They may be useless to you due to your schedule requirements, but many of us have a near 100% success rate over many years. I know we'll miss the GPUs when we start traveling again.
For us, they've been the difference between staying local and seeing many countries all around the world. We're spoiled and cannot imagine traveling across any ocean without them.
If you're flexible, you should be near 100%, so I really don't think you're as flexible as you think you are.
+1
I have burned almost 100 GPUs since I started to fly UA.
My success rate is 99% (only failed once ORD-HKG).
I had a backup plan when GPU failed. I booked a saver F award ORD-HKG and canceled the W ticket few hours before departure when C was full.
Can't travel across the Pacific without GPUs. I can handle TATL in E+ if it's from EWR or IAD.