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Old Nov 4, 2015 | 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by bocastephen

If you want to buy a cheap fare and avoid the "lottery", there is already a mechanism available to you - waitlist a mileage upgrade and pay the associated copay only when it clears. Why would you want a copay on a GPU as well??
GPUs expire and have limited use cases; miles don't expire (generally) and have more varied uses.
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