Originally Posted by
FlyMeToSFO
Just hit plat for first time. SFO/JFK is also my most frequent route too. Should I be applying RUCs essentially every transcon flight for the next year to make sure I don't let these go to waste on short hops?
I would. That's probably going to be a very hard upgrade to get as a PM without a RUC. If I flew that route as a DM I would be applying one at time of booking.
Even on short hauls they are hard to use. I tried them on a couple short hauls (DTW to NYC and DTW to ORD) and there is no inventory. I booked a trip two days DTW/DCA on a weekend for February and cabin both ways has no sold seats and there is no inventory. What really pisses me off on that is that Delta is doing FCM for $59 each way to upgrade. Makes me feel real valued as a diamond when Delta would rather make $59 than allow me to upgrade on a flight barely over an hour with no meal service for flying 125K+ MQM's with them.