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Feb 21, 2022 | 2:12 pm

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Originally Posted by wenstinator

Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, but does anyone know if United segments the 1K user base between the those earned it through meeting the 2021 spend thresholds ($13,500/$15,000) vs those that just completed the ‘Fly to the Finish’ promo ($2,700/$3,000)?

Specifically curious on the treatment for CPUs. I’ve been so far down the upgrade list lately. Seems much worse than in Sep-Nov last year on the same route (hub to hub)…

Nope. 1K is 1K. And 1Ks keep flying. If you're flying during prime daylight hours, there's more competition from 1Ks, GSs and the WFBF rabble. And, as jasonp622 pointed out, there's a whole contingent throwing PPs at anything that moves. Those PPs are crushing on CPUs.

Face it, would you fly IAH-DEN or ORD-(other hub) if you didn't have to?

David

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