New reserve rules
07-03-2024, 11:42 AM
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07-03-2024, 01:03 PM
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I was just reading the newsletter and it talks about how if you bid one of the new reserve types, your bid groups are more likely to fail because of the SET command. I guess we have to submit a copy of our regular RSV bid groups, but without the set command, to ensure the bid doesn't fail purely because of that command???
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07-03-2024, 01:08 PM
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I was just reading the newsletter and it talks about how if you bid one of the new reserve types, your bid groups are more likely to fail because of the SET command. I guess we have to submit a copy of our regular RSV bid groups, but without the set command, to ensure the bid doesn't fail purely because of that command???
07-03-2024, 01:17 PM
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I was just reading the newsletter and it talks about how if you bid one of the new reserve types, your bid groups are more likely to fail because of the SET command. I guess we have to submit a copy of our regular RSV bid groups, but without the set command, to ensure the bid doesn't fail purely because of that command???
But to bid a VEC, VSC, or LCL line, you find those under the SET commands. You can;t bid for them without using SET. You get into trouble when using another SET for teh additional day off. That's how I understand it, anyway.
07-03-2024, 01:31 PM
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The comments about the set command failing had to do with putting in a set command for the extra day off in teh categories in which the LPA is under 77 hours. Also, bidding for an additional off day within a Traditional, Long Call, or a Compressed reserve bid group will fail the bid group.
But to bid a VEC, VSC, or LCL line, you find those under the SET commands. You can;t bid for them without using SET. You get into trouble when using another SET for teh additional day off. That's how I understand it, anyway.
But to bid a VEC, VSC, or LCL line, you find those under the SET commands. You can;t bid for them without using SET. You get into trouble when using another SET for teh additional day off. That's how I understand it, anyway.
07-03-2024, 01:34 PM
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That makes sense, but I kinda got the feeling that if you want, say, LCL, then the guide was saying "bid a reserve line with LCL in it. Then bid the same thing but without LCL so that your bid doesn't fail purely because of LCL." Hmm I think a call to the helpline may be in order...
That is just how PBS works. The statement above assumes that LCL is not your first priority, but the other commands beneath the set are.
07-03-2024, 01:35 PM
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That makes sense, but I kinda got the feeling that if you want, say, LCL, then the guide was saying "bid a reserve line with LCL in it. Then bid the same thing but without LCL so that your bid doesn't fail purely because of LCL." Hmm I think a call to the helpline may be in order...
07-03-2024, 01:39 PM
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Ah, thank you. Sorry, I'm a total novice at UAL's implementation of PBS. So the Set command functions like a "Must", in which if you bid for a certain RSV type and can't hold it, but you could hold everything else in your bid, the bid would fail?
07-03-2024, 01:48 PM
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That’s exactly right. That is also why, especially as a junior bidder, you should have many bid groups, each subsequently relaxing the constraints to get most of what you want. If a preceding one fails, it moves on to the next BG.
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