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Old Mar 31, 2015 | 10:21 am
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transportprof
 
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Originally Posted by rstlsgirl
Thanks for the help! I didn't mean to derail the discussion into one about available R fares, and I will definitely use FT in the right threads to look for the space! Just using the apparent lack of opportunities to use GPUs as an example of another dashed hope of the wonders of being a 1k.
In 5 years of being 1K, I have never failed to use up my allotment of GPUs and RPUs. If you know how to search for them, and are flexible in your timing (by no more than a few days) or your destination (e.g., MEL instead of SYD; AMS instead of BRU), you will succeed in finding R space.
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