Originally Posted by dordal

Had to laugh at this one. Was on the phone with a UA agent recently to ticket a W fare and apply a GPU, and he says 'Are you sure you want to do that? Trying to use a GPU is like playing Russian Roulette'

I'll avoid mentioning the specific flight because I don't want to get anybody in trouble, but had to laugh. In the end he was right -- I bought the W fare and then didn't clear.