6:1 SWUs for a SSWU
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Originally Posted by bobsyouruncle
Many of us who work for small businesses and primarily fly in North America are constrained by our company's travel policy. I can buy T+ fares but they won't pay almost 3x more for Latitude (i.e, YVR-IAD $273 T+ vs $1010 Lat). So the only way I travel upfront is with a SSWU, which as has been pointed out, are as rare as hen's teeth these days. Many other people have voiced the same concern. The result is that there is a glut of unused and unwanted SWUs at this time of year. The The next best alternative for me is to fly UA which has E+ seats.
BTW, I still have 12 SWUs and 4 NAs to trade. PM me if interested.
BTW, I still have 12 SWUs and 4 NAs to trade. PM me if interested.
Couldn't have put it better myself...
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Originally Posted by Shareholder
Can always rely on you to give me a morning laugh. My NATIONAL PEST hasn't arrived yet, so this post will have to do.
Seems like we're back the situation we had a few years ago when SWUs became next to useless to most people on this forum. And the term AeroWallpaper started to appear with increasing frequency.
Good luck, to all seeking 'em. I wonder if we might not be into a period of Futures Contracts: folks passing along current SSWUs for next year's, something I had been musing about for a while. Can't see Princess getting many 1K UA SWUs from folks around here who'd have a need for AC SSWUs so hers look like they'll expire a natural death... (SPG points are pretty hard to come by unless one got those hefty bonuses for the Mastercard, and I for one never felt a SSWU was worth 10K SPG points for a top end night's stay.)
But it is good to know mtacchi now has met his quota and the market can return to some degree of stability, semi-normalcy, and any surplus SSWUs can be spread around more equitably. Thanks for advising one and all Marc.
Seems like we're back the situation we had a few years ago when SWUs became next to useless to most people on this forum. And the term AeroWallpaper started to appear with increasing frequency.
Good luck, to all seeking 'em. I wonder if we might not be into a period of Futures Contracts: folks passing along current SSWUs for next year's, something I had been musing about for a while. Can't see Princess getting many 1K UA SWUs from folks around here who'd have a need for AC SSWUs so hers look like they'll expire a natural death... (SPG points are pretty hard to come by unless one got those hefty bonuses for the Mastercard, and I for one never felt a SSWU was worth 10K SPG points for a top end night's stay.)
But it is good to know mtacchi now has met his quota and the market can return to some degree of stability, semi-normalcy, and any surplus SSWUs can be spread around more equitably. Thanks for advising one and all Marc.