Originally Posted by
abaheti
I imagine UA made a deal they thought was in their favor. It turned out not to be over time. They hated it. Did it really cost them anything for real, no, but were the flights a cost they saw, yes. As time went on, the cost stood out. New leadership questioned prior leadership's decisions.... "Who cares what those people agreed to 30 years ago, this is nuts! But we are stuck so we might as well make the most of it. But I hate this, so, let's start looking for picky issues in the contract to see if we can get out of this thing. Ah, we got him on X. Cancel!" And maybe from his side, who knows, maybe over time he didn't dot every i or cross every t because he had behaved a certain way for years and he was being feted and celebrated by UA and got surprised when all of a sudden they got picky.
Speculation.
no need to speculate . There was a paragraph in the contract that I signed 33 years prior. That stated that I wasn’t allowed to talk to the press in anyway about the pass without United‘s written consent. When I signed the contract that was 1 million miler and didn’t think in 1 million years that someday I’d be the world‘s most frequent flyer with dozens of interview request every year. I did not intentionally do anything to harm United and if anybody has followed any of my interviews I’ve been nothing but an ambassador for United for my entire life. Actually, there were quotes in the Washington Post of things that I’ve never said that put me in a really bad light. Maybe that help trigger United. I don’t know. Still love United still fly United
Originally Posted by
nmenaker
And Tom had a book coming out (although maybe it was shelved or put on hold, but it sounded like he was nearly done) and at the time of release I’m SURE there would have been a book tour, hits on TV, hits on podcasts, thepointsguy podcast and website (one of the most trafficked in the travel space).. and it would have most likely ALL have been wearing a travel jacket or coat or vest with a United logo, or some other and a lot of UNITED mentions.. couldn’t have been MORE synergistic.. but shoot themselves in the foot seems to be the trend these days.
just for the record, Miller Mr. pillows had a pass and his was taken away a couple years before mine
also, my book should be finished early next year and I think people will find it most interesting. Still love my United.