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Old Oct 10, 2022 | 10:15 am
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Originally Posted by jsloan
I’m quite aware. I found PZ earlier this year on a TATL trip. It look longer than usual, but I still flew up front.

The key, as always, is extreme flexibility — I was searching nearly every UA flight over the pond. I’ll do the same thing next year. If I can’t fly up front, I won’t go. However, UA remains the lowest-cost carrier for me domestically — where F is rarely worth paying for — due to free E+.
Would be nice if you could simply find open space in one click, regardless of dates (or can you?).
Say for example, show me all ABC-XYZ with PZ>0 during a range of 90, 120, 150 days....

And in regards to the other ongoing conversation on this thread - yes, rewards aren't getting better, but I'm holding out hope that less elite flyers, and PP expiring means chances of upgrades improve... might be a pipe dream but we'll see...

Originally Posted by zombietooth
I do think that being the cheapest with the worst product works for UA. Kirby is being smart by not investing in better food in F and Polaris. He knows he can't compete with the international carriers in quality, so why bother trying? Although, UA is very often not the cheapest for international flights.
A mere six years ago they were competing... Back then Polaris was a product I looked forward to, versus apathy today.

Last edited by WineCountryUA; Oct 10, 2022 at 1:43 pm Reason: merged consecutive posts by same member
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