Originally Posted by
ani90
I must say I am surprised that UA has taken such action against a GS - assuming the OP is still a GS member. At the end of the day this could have been settled with a gentle warning and other quiet sanction such as loss of GS or MM benefits.
Ultimately, UA might stand to lose more by expelling the OP. The OP clearly has no use for GPUs as seems to have bartered several and probably pays premium fares and sits in premium cabins. Assuming this is essential travel then he would be moving such travel to another airline. For the OP the only real losses from account closure are the 1.5M lifetime miles he has accumulated and whatever balance of mileage he had in the account - but if the usual banter on this forum is to be believed, both count for very little these days - after all UA is the worst American airline and we were all going to leave this year anyway...
Eh can somewhat understand what you are saying, but most likely the OP is traveling on the business dime. Given this, UA probably already has a corporate contract with that company. If that is the case, OP may just still end up getting stuck with UA unless company has agreements with other airlines in place that can easily meet the needs that OP has or willing to take alternative routes potentially