Originally Posted by
Kacee
It's pretty similar. CM has to pay UA for the UA miles that people are earning on the tickets where they switch FF# after getting the CM upgrade. I guess CM is getting some ticket revenue, but by definition these are economy tickets we're talking about.
Good point. And they are paying based on miles flown not ticket price, and they also don't prioritize upgrades based on fare class like UA.
I'm interested to see if they keep offering such great deals now that their stock is recovering from the nearly 60% drop it suffered over the summer.