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Old Jan 27, 2016, 8:45 am
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Originally Posted by dmodemd
I assume that the root cause issue is that inventory releases are somewhat variable and its not possible to time the upgrade sweeps to them, at least that was my interpretation of UA Insider's (Shannon) explanation when this was (last) looked at soon after merger.

Doesn't cover the hosed reservation issues of course...
The root cause is they don't have a waitlist. A waitlist by definition clears the next person the minute the spot becomes available. PMUA had this, current UA does not.
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