America West FlightFund (Discontinued Program) - How can HP benefit from a UA collapse?View Full Version : How can HP benefit from a UA collapse? ByrdluvsAWACO Nov 24, 02, 6:08 pm Are there any routes that HP could gain. Id like to see them gain some Carribean routes. ------------------ God Bless America West and British Airways HP - Platinum/800k miles BA - Dirt/Soon to be Silver UA - Dirt/19k miles AA - Dirt/Only using to get BA Tier points/miles. TransWorldOne Nov 26, 02, 2:20 am http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/rolleyes.gif Are you serious? United has almost no route structure in the Caribbean, so how would their collapse lead to an America West gain there? And how would the Caribbean benefit America West's system? Western Airlines Nov 26, 02, 8:50 am Byrd, UA is known for it's Pacific route structure. As the esteemed TW1 points out, there's nothing to be gained from them in the Caribe. My wish list is more international non-stops, starting with CDG, SYD, NRT, SIN, and BKK. CDG might happen, given we already have LHR and FRA. The others are a little less likely, although if QF starts DFW-AKL, maybe there's hope. ByrdluvsAWACO Nov 26, 02, 2:54 pm <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> United has almost no route structure in the Caribbean, so how would their collapse lead to an America West gain there? </font> Well that answers my question. <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> And how would the Caribbean benefit America West's system? </font> I find it amazing that you think it wouldn't. Cmon, Phoenix/Las Vegas to Cancun/Jamaica/Bahamas would be very beneficial especially if they originate the flights in key cities like LAX or SFO. That would get them a nice chunk of the vacation market, and let them cover their hub cities also. It would also keep HP FF'ers on HP metal. <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> My wish list is more international non-stops, starting with CDG, SYD, NRT, SIN, and BKK. CDG might happen, given we already have LHR and FRA. The others are a little less likely, although if QF starts DFW-AKL, maybe there's hope. </font> There's even less chance of that. ------------------ God Bless America West and British Airways HP - Platinum/800k miles BA - Dirt/Soon to be Silver UA - Dirt/19k miles AA - Dirt/Only using to get BA Tier points/miles. [This message has been edited by ByrdluvsAWACO (edited 11-26-2002).] |