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Old Jan 16, 2015, 4:48 pm
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RandomBaritone
 
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Originally Posted by Always Flyin
The result is that UA lost my ~$45,000 a year business so they could make $79.00 by selling the seat in domestic F to a Kettle. More insulting is that the upgrade prices I were offered were $169.00. That is flat out gouging your elites.

To me, that is a short-sighted business plan. Business is business, and when faced with business like that, I walk.
While I'm very much in favor of sensibly pricing domestic F fares and upgrades, the part of your post that resonated most with me was the absurd notion that UA is pricing upgrades for elites above the price offered to GMs for the same flight. If true, it's just offensive.

Is there consensus that this is definitely happening? Or just anecdotal evidence?
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