NEVER got a CPU after 16 yrs of Gold, just got upgraded today flying on award ticket
Jan 16, 2020, 5:19 pm
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NEVER got a CPU after 16 yrs of Gold, just got upgraded today flying on award ticket
I've been Premier gold for the last 9 years straight. Actually, 16 years total, but there was a gap of 2 years with no status because I was working overseas and didn't fly UA at all.
I have *NEVER* gotten a single CPU upgrade confirmed during all that time.
Strangely, I just saw my upcoming flight for this weekend. I thought I was hallucinating, so I logged off and logged back in again. Sure enough, I did get upgraded.
On the EWR-SFO leg, my upgrade cleared. I'm not really sure how or why... because I'm flying on a free UA award ticket.
Not that I'm complaining or anything. Just very bewildered and surprised and almost speechless.
Unfortunately, 2020 will also be the last year that I have any status with UA. Because of the new changes, I will no longer make it to Gold again.
I have *NEVER* gotten a single CPU upgrade confirmed during all that time.
Strangely, I just saw my upcoming flight for this weekend. I thought I was hallucinating, so I logged off and logged back in again. Sure enough, I did get upgraded.
On the EWR-SFO leg, my upgrade cleared. I'm not really sure how or why... because I'm flying on a free UA award ticket.
Not that I'm complaining or anything. Just very bewildered and surprised and almost speechless.
Unfortunately, 2020 will also be the last year that I have any status with UA. Because of the new changes, I will no longer make it to Gold again.
Jan 16, 2020, 5:24 pm
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Jan 16, 2020, 5:30 pm
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Jan 16, 2020, 5:32 pm
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If you have the Explorer or Club credit card, that would at least make you eligible for those CPUs, but those are difficult routes to clear even as a 1K. Perhaps just because it’s Saturday during a holiday weekend.
Anyway, enjoy.
Jan 16, 2020, 8:41 pm
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The funny thing is that I assumed you were right and that Vangrovsky mistakenly wrote CPU when the upgrade was actually supported by an instrument.
Since we can't talk about GPUs and RPUs, do we now speak of PPUs?
Since we can't talk about GPUs and RPUs, do we now speak of PPUs?
Jan 16, 2020, 8:43 pm
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You can express your suggestion here,
Ok ok, can we come up with an acronym for PlusPoints
Ok ok, can we come up with an acronym for PlusPoints
Jan 16, 2020, 8:46 pm
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Ok ok, can we come up with an acronym for PlusPoints
Ok ok, can we come up with an acronym for PlusPoints
Even though it's not really my sense of humor, I think that PPU just sounds funny for very puerile reasons.
Jan 16, 2020, 9:11 pm
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That's unfortunate, my first weekend of being premier silver a CPU from IAH to ORD cleared, but it was a redeye flight. I also routinely get those cleared flying from ORD to STL, but that's on the souped up CRJ550 so its not really a first class experience