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Old Sep 1, 2005 | 2:18 pm
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Join Date: Jan 2002
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Originally posted by BenjaminNYC:
UA should NOT sell upgrades unless all those on the waitlist using certs/miles have been accommodated.
Repeat: "UA should not"...

The reality remains that UA management has to meet a payroll and make payments on outstanding debt. Its under BK court oversight.
UA employees won't accpet CR1 or SWU in lieu of a paycheck.
Wal*mart won't accept a CR1 as a legal tender from a UA employee as payment for any merchndise item.
Thus, UA sells upgrades at a discount before it gives it for free to you and me.
What's so difficult here to understand?
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