And that is exactly as it should be. ^
I deserve every "butt in seat" mile that I fly, and, until and unless I hear a logical explanation why that should not be true, I will continue to fight it tooth and nail. I would hope that every other dedicated UA flyer would do the same. It is only fair and right that we should get credit for the miles we actually fly--not for some imaginary and non-existent route that only exists in the............, well it actually doesn't exist anywhere. Why would they pretend that it did?
Sorry,
cblaisd, but I refuse to pretend to be more "knowledgable" than the folks at Mileage Plus and the folks at UA Customer Service. If they write a rule that is so obscure, just plain silly, and indefensible that none of their emloyees can find a way to justify it, I will continue to fight to make certain that they do not cheat me out of my rightfully flown miles.
I don't have a lot of patience for foolishness.