Originally Posted by
bocastephen
There is substantial evidence gathered for many years, both pre and post merger that show specific examples of Elites and Kettles getting different upgrade offers. This issue existed at Continental first, and migrated to the combined company post-merger.
I personally witnessed such a situation. Myself and three colleagues were flying DCA to SJO through IAH. Three of us were MP members, the fourth was not. We were all flying on the same fare. On our return SJO-IAH leg, at check in, the non member got an UG offer and the 3 MP members got nothing.