Originally Posted by
friedablass
However, I believe
jsloan was trying to say that if United made any changes in the name of simplification it would be in their (United's) favor and not in the customer's favor which is what you want. For example, they can decide that TB and any ETC awarded to a specific consumer (for a missing meal, mechanical delay, etc) will be tied only to that specific passenger's name just like an FFC is - so they're going to say that they're "simplifying" things
Thank you. That is precisely what I meant, yes. Allowing FFCs to commingle with ETCs would mean that they’d have to normalize their usage rules, and UA has a vested interest in
not allowing FFCs to be used by someone other than the named passenger.