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Old Mar 8, 2019, 11:54 am
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SteveHK
 
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Originally Posted by kb1992
Anytime when 20 seats in business class open about 30 min to departure, but UA refuses to release saver J award, you have to be suspicious.

Especially if the only people on upgrade standby list are UA employees. Like in a recent thread about SFO-AKL.

These people have friends in Inventory Management intentionally blocking I/IN so the employees can enjoy free ride in business class while UA leaves miles (liability) on the table.

Or sell the passes for money.
Not making an official statement - but having worked in airline IM in the recent past, this is absolutely untrue and would be next to impossible to actually carry out even if you wanted to. Not at all how IM works. Not to mention that trying something like that would be so easy to audit and would get employees fired in a matter of days. I can't get into the details on how IM systems work, but want to dispel this nonsense.
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