As a 1K, I am sitting on unused RPUs and GPUs that do not clear. I had booked a saver award fare for my sister to fly from IAD to LAX yesterday evening. She told me that yesterday morning, she found an offer to upgrade to first class for $169. She paid the $169, and is not even a silver member and was flying on a free ticket. I can only imagine how many 1Ks with RPUs for this flight she displaced. This is an outrage.