Originally Posted by
physioprof
My wife and I are GS, and we have seen absolutely no evidence whatsoever that UA will oversell a premium cabin to get a GS member a seat, and we have tons of evidence that they will not. Can you provide more information about this claim?
Not without identifying him, There is a corporate contract involved which is part of the reason
Why doesn't his company (or whatever concern is involved here) simply book refundable tickets farther in advance any time there is even the smallest chance that travel would be required? And then cancel them? That seems like a much easier solution than distorting one's travel. After all, isn't that what refundable tickets are for? Having 4 hours notice of anything seems like you're the last one being notified of the situation.
He is one of 3 experts left alive in the world on a specific piece of technology
When said thing breaks... he is called up and asked to be at location x as quickly as possible as outages can cost in excess of $100k per hour
When he is called in... its generally because Level1-4 have tried and failed for a day or more to fix it
4 hours is a matter of how long it takes the locally run private air firm to get him from his location in OR down to SFO
Thus... he never knows where in the world he is going and for how long and when... ~$10k one way tickets have been the solution for some time now