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Jul 30, 2015 | 7:38 pm

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Originally Posted by sethb

At the end of last year, as a Diamond, I was getting almost no upgrades. Now that Platinums and Diamonds can use RUCs for upgrades, the chance of a free DM upgrade is even lower. So why take away that remote possibility?

"can use" =/= "will use"; further, "will use" =/= "is using on my flight"

not everyone takes RUCs as their PM/DM gifts, and not everyone who takes them wants to use them on the TCONs

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