UGS Power!!
Aug 10, 2003, 8:29 pm
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UGS Power!!
Great story: I was flying IAD to Portland, ME on Saturday morning, and it was an overbooked flight. I was flying on an awards ticket (free). I have no status with United but my father is 1K/UGS. The gate agent called me to the gate and told me they we're going to have to move me to a flight that left 6 hours later. I calmly told her my father's status and that this was an extreme inconvenience, and so she called over a manager (red coat). The manager quickly told her to bump someone else and apologized to me profusely. I thought this was a good example of United taking care of the family of important customers.
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Aug 10, 2003, 8:32 pm
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This should be fun (reaching for popcorn) 
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Aug 10, 2003, 8:33 pm
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Red coat? Hey, that guy worked for Continental or Delta, not United!
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Aug 10, 2003, 8:34 pm
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I can't wait for someone to post that they were bumped off this flight
Aug 10, 2003, 8:35 pm
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And UGSon...don't forget to vote in the upcoming FlyerTalk TalkBoard election! 
Aug 10, 2003, 8:38 pm
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With all due respect, I think it was a bad decision to bump a PAX passenger for a person on an award ticket. If you bumped another award flyer, then so be it since being connected is worth ones weight in gold.
Aug 10, 2003, 8:56 pm
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I agree, and I didn't feel that great doing it, but when you consider that my dad flies First on United from IAD to LHR or CDG at least once a month (sometimes once a week!), you could easily argue that he's contributed enough to the airline to have them not bump his son from an award ticket.
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Aug 10, 2003, 9:47 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Droneklax:
This should be fun (reaching for popcorn).
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This should be fun (reaching for popcorn)
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Aug 10, 2003, 9:53 pm
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Hmmm...I'm a little too old to use this line. I suppose I could say my kid was a 1K/UGS, wonder if that would work if I was in the same situation?
Aug 10, 2003, 10:19 pm
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I didn't know auh2o had any kids...
Aug 10, 2003, 10:29 pm
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Holy brat! How nauseating can you get!
Its been a while since I studied biology but I dont remember there being a chromosome for 1K Status!
It`s enough to make one want to turn to socialism...
Its been a while since I studied biology but I dont remember there being a chromosome for 1K Status!
It`s enough to make one want to turn to socialism...
Aug 10, 2003, 10:31 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by UGSon:
I agree, and I didn't feel that great doing it....</font>
I agree, and I didn't feel that great doing it....</font>
Aug 10, 2003, 10:38 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Droneklax:
This should be fun (reaching for popcorn).
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This should be fun (reaching for popcorn)
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Hey 1K,UGSsonMADEupSTORYdorkBOY: Go troll elsewhere. Those of us that really experience what is going on know better.
What's it called? Maui Corn?. No Kettle Corn! I want some!
Aug 10, 2003, 10:41 pm
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Hate to be the idiot on the forum on my first day, but what exactly is UGS?
Aug 10, 2003, 10:56 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by aCavalierInCoach:
but what exactly is UGS?</font>
but what exactly is UGS?</font>
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