Least valuable use of a GPU?
Jan 27, 2015 | 10:40 am
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Least valuable use of a GPU?
Had some upgrade instruments expiring, including an extra GPU....
Used it to upgrade a friend's ORD-MSP CRJ-170 flight on Friday.
Better than expiration, but having a tough time coming up with a worse use of a GPU than a 300 mile hop on a RJ.
Used it to upgrade a friend's ORD-MSP CRJ-170 flight on Friday.
Better than expiration, but having a tough time coming up with a worse use of a GPU than a 300 mile hop on a RJ.
Jan 27, 2015 | 10:42 am
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Worst are probably
(*) an upgrade that is gonna clear anyway, e.g. SFO-LAX on a sUA 757 for a 1K on an H fare on an empty weekday.
(*) an upgrade that is not gonna clear but will lock up your GPU for months, e.g. the time we applied a GPU on a W fare ORD-LHR while the cabin was booked 0/26 and gradually watched it fill up over the course of months while our upgrade never cleared
(*) an upgrade that is gonna clear anyway, e.g. SFO-LAX on a sUA 757 for a 1K on an H fare on an empty weekday.
(*) an upgrade that is not gonna clear but will lock up your GPU for months, e.g. the time we applied a GPU on a W fare ORD-LHR while the cabin was booked 0/26 and gradually watched it fill up over the course of months while our upgrade never cleared
Jan 27, 2015 | 10:54 am
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Worst are probably
(*) an upgrade that is gonna clear anyway, e.g. SFO-LAX on a sUA 757 for a 1K on an H fare on an empty weekday.
(*) an upgrade that is not gonna clear but will lock up your GPU for months, e.g. the time we applied a GPU on a W fare ORD-LHR while the cabin was booked 0/26 and gradually watched it fill up over the course of months while our upgrade never cleared
(*) an upgrade that is gonna clear anyway, e.g. SFO-LAX on a sUA 757 for a 1K on an H fare on an empty weekday.
(*) an upgrade that is not gonna clear but will lock up your GPU for months, e.g. the time we applied a GPU on a W fare ORD-LHR while the cabin was booked 0/26 and gradually watched it fill up over the course of months while our upgrade never cleared
Recently I burned 2 expiring ones (gifted by another FT'er in the CC giveaway thread) for DEN-GRR CR7 this Friday. Waitlisted on SMF-DEN
My wife is on a separate PNR so there was no other way to get her upgraded even though I may likely have cleared both flights by CPU on my own.
Jan 27, 2015 | 11:45 am
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Jan 27, 2015 | 12:26 pm
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