Originally Posted by
kyushuman
Have you ever flown UA F? Of the 6 F seats, I'd estimate that, as a rule, zero or 1 seat may be a paid F ticket. I've seen many more nonrevs in F than paid pax, as well as award pax and op-ups. Plus one of the seats is reserved for pilots on many flights.
Exactly. United could have potentially honored this and then just zeroed out the R space on these flights.
Even more, they could've priced the upgradable fare classes at a reasonable amount to trick the consumers into thinking they'd scored a good chance at an affordable upgrade.