Could UA provide alternative uses for GPU/RPUs -- waiving fees for flight changes?
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,118
Could UA provide alternative uses for GPU/RPUs -- waiving fees for flight changes?
i would love if you could use a GPU or RPU to buy up date classes on an SDC to give me flexibility to move.
i would also like if I can use a GPU to waive a change fee. Say if Im flying to EWR and i could SDC to HPN without paying a change fee since its not a shared terminal
will never happen but nice to dream...
i would also like if I can use a GPU to waive a change fee. Say if Im flying to EWR and i could SDC to HPN without paying a change fee since its not a shared terminal
will never happen but nice to dream...
#2
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: LAX
Programs: UA Silver, AA, WN, DL
Posts: 4,097
i would love if you could use a GPU or RPU to buy up date classes on an SDC to give me flexibility to move.
i would also like if I can use a GPU to waive a change fee. Say if Im flying to EWR and i could SDC to HPN without paying a change fee since its not a shared terminal
will never happen but nice to dream...
i would also like if I can use a GPU to waive a change fee. Say if Im flying to EWR and i could SDC to HPN without paying a change fee since its not a shared terminal
will never happen but nice to dream...
UA loves GPU/RPUs because it forces us to take a chance and play their game. No lost revenue giving up a seat that potentially would have gone out empty anyways. Plus forces us to buy into a qualifying fare class. UA wins on all fronts. Many of us couldn't even use all (if any of them) for our flights.
Giving us the ability to use for change fees, that eats right into their bottom line, real revenue lost because they have to give up the fee whenever we want.
But since we're in the dream zone, I prefer to dream about my bazillions of dollars and my private jet with all suite flat beds and showers in each suite... and several models staffed at my beck and call.
I mean, if you want to dream, dream big!
#3
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 21,697
i would love if you could use a GPU or RPU to buy up date classes on an SDC to give me flexibility to move.
i would also like if I can use a GPU to waive a change fee. Say if Im flying to EWR and i could SDC to HPN without paying a change fee since its not a shared terminal
will never happen but nice to dream...
i would also like if I can use a GPU to waive a change fee. Say if Im flying to EWR and i could SDC to HPN without paying a change fee since its not a shared terminal
will never happen but nice to dream...
Any change that UA made to increase the flexibility of GPUs would involve a major trade-off somewhere else in the program. While it would benefit passengers who currently have a large number of certificates expire, it would likely be quite painful for passengers who are currently able to use them.