What did you spend (revenue) on another airline that UA would have normally received?
#31
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: IAH
Programs: DL Plat
Posts: 196
For a trip NYC-Europe in June...
~$3700 to Singapore Airlines (r/t JFK-FRA, J class)
~$600 to Lufthansa (intra-Europe, Y class)
In the past I've always done EWR-Europe on UA on paid Z/C/D/J fares if I could help it. not anymore
~$3700 to Singapore Airlines (r/t JFK-FRA, J class)
~$600 to Lufthansa (intra-Europe, Y class)
In the past I've always done EWR-Europe on UA on paid Z/C/D/J fares if I could help it. not anymore
#32
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 156
moving to other airlines
Send your receipts to UA. Posts like this show no practical purpose. You could all be mal-adjusted 400 lb high schoolers creatively writing in your parents basement.
NO lurker would take anything posted here seriously because there is no way to verify it.
I could post I took $18000 from an F class ticket to SYD and gave it to QF. I didn't. I could post it.
Nonsense.
NO lurker would take anything posted here seriously because there is no way to verify it.
I could post I took $18000 from an F class ticket to SYD and gave it to QF. I didn't. I could post it.
Nonsense.
In my case my wife and I were both Silver, moved elsewhere once E+ got yanked prior to T-24 - yanked last fall, as was at the time justified within FT, because Smisek was motivated to protect E+ seating for his very best 1k/GS elite customers!
Ok, to satisfy my base instinct, trips that were always on UA previously since Fall 2011 purchased elsewhere:
4 round trip F tickets on HA to Hawaii - $7 total
4 tickets AZ to FL, 5 segments in purchased F, 3 in Coach on US - ~3k
3 tickets AZ to SFO - US $900
2 tickets AZ to GA - US $900
So approaching $12k in six months, but as a former 2P, who's counting?
#33
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: IAD
Programs: GS MM United, Hilton Diamond, ICH Gold, Mariott Silver, TWA Plat MM (just for old times sake)
Posts: 323
$24k from me
Three IAD-PER business at $8k each to AA, I'm a multi-million mike 1K ex-global who was downgraded in the consolidation. Talked a friend (still global) into moving to AA for 50 business class tickets from HOU to BAH...(about $400K). Flying my last UA flight in a week, and glad to be gone!!!
#34
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PHL
Programs: UA Plat, 2MM
Posts: 1,860
1K for 11 years
2.2 MM
25 Years MP
Booked PHL-NRT on good old AA the one who appreciates "elites" (unlike Jeff), upgrades cleared quickly to F
One trip: $5,095.00 (cheaper then UA)
Starting to look at my 2013 travel using the SWU's that are good until February 28, 2013 (please note Jeff).
2.2 MM
25 Years MP
Booked PHL-NRT on good old AA the one who appreciates "elites" (unlike Jeff), upgrades cleared quickly to F
One trip: $5,095.00 (cheaper then UA)
Starting to look at my 2013 travel using the SWU's that are good until February 28, 2013 (please note Jeff).
#35
Join Date: Jan 2012
Programs: UA Gold MM, HHonors Gold, Hertz Five Star Gold, Marriott Gold, Avis First
Posts: 462
AirCanada Z Class
Four tickets DEN to BCN on Air Canada close to $8,000.
#36
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: W29
Programs: It's Complicated...
Posts: 6,796
Not much this week. Just $400 IND-SNA but next month it will be about $5k to europe...as soon as I finalize my dates.
My upgrades have all cleared at the 100 hour mark so far and I have wifi on my flights! Thanks AA.
My upgrades have all cleared at the 100 hour mark so far and I have wifi on my flights! Thanks AA.
#37
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: DEN
Programs: 2012 Plat-2013 Plat-2014 Silver-2015 GM
Posts: 818
On the other hand, I booked an ex-RGN RT in paid C for $1000 all-in and deliberately routed all four BKK-NRT-SFO-NRT-BKK segments onto UA metal!
Y'all can take your business elsewhere..... I prefer to fill UA premium seats with economy fares! bwahahaha!
There's more than one way to skin a cat!
Y'all can take your business elsewhere..... I prefer to fill UA premium seats with economy fares! bwahahaha!
There's more than one way to skin a cat!
They do have the ability to manipulate the system, per Rainey, and "clamp" down even further if the strategy doesn't drive the results they are looking for.
The only way I think we have any leverage is, if they lose the revenue AND the bodies, meaning lost revenue and empty seats needing to be filled. Otherwise, they might think no harm no foul, we have the right load factor, but just need to tinker with the pricing matrix a little more.
#38
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: ORD, MKE
Programs: Bonvoy LT Gold, Hilton Silver, Hyatt Discoverist, Hertz PC, National EE
Posts: 710
3 transcons on LH
Have been flying 3 sets of transcons this month on LH worth $3,675 rather than UA so I can use up my SWUs. 4 of 5 cleared so far. Does LH charge UA for accepting them? That would be rich.
Got the AA EXP status match to go with my AAdvantage VISA, then shredded my MP VISA and OnePass MC.
Got the AA EXP status match to go with my AAdvantage VISA, then shredded my MP VISA and OnePass MC.
#39
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Programs: UA-1k, 1mm, Marriott-LT Platinum, Hertz-Presidents Circle
Posts: 6,355
Have been flying 3 sets of transcons this month on LH worth $3,675 rather than UA so I can use up my SWUs. 4 of 5 cleared so far. Does LH charge UA for accepting them? That would be rich.
Got the AA EXP status match to go with my AAdvantage VISA, then shredded my MP VISA and OnePass MC.
Got the AA EXP status match to go with my AAdvantage VISA, then shredded my MP VISA and OnePass MC.
#40
Join Date: Feb 2012
Programs: DL PM, UA Silver, Nexus, Global Entry, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hertz 5 Star
Posts: 102
Trips
Next two weeks flying all on delta.
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#41
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: ORD/MDW
Programs: BA/AA/AS/B6/WN/ UA/HH/MR and more like 'em but most felicitously & importantly MUCCI
Posts: 19,714
Since April have diverted about $1000 to AirTran, $1000 to Delta, $750 to US and $500 to Alaska. Spent $225 on a one-way AA flight, took a bump and got a $250 voucher, so actually made money there rather than spent it.
#42
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sunnyvale, California
Programs: UA-1P
Posts: 60
I've switched back to Virgin Atlantic and just last week I bought an upper class return for SFO-LHR.
#43
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: SFO, LON
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, Bonvoy Tit, Hilton Dia etc etc
Posts: 2,354
Good trial run for a quick biz trip to London, SFO-LHR through JFK, coming back through DFW on BA's 747 flight. Will easily have 30k points by end of aug, so will bank AA SWUs, and can make UA 1K with a late November trip if AA is not totally satisfactory. Trying to keep an exploratory mindset to the whole thing, but shifting a quarter's worth of spend to AA with two INTL trips and a couple of short internal ones. Total likely to be in the 5 to 6 K spend overall to AA.
#44
Join Date: Jun 2004
Programs: UA
Posts: 239
Sticking with *A so i just spent 8k on NH to TPE with no UA metal.
#45
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Davis, California
Programs: MileagePlus Since Aug 2010, Hyatt Platinum
Posts: 131
Love this thread! Absolutely hope everyone votes with their wallets and posts how much UA is losing over their terrible treatment of customers.
Diverting my RT travel plans to Singapore Airlines SFO>LAX>NRT in J along with SFO>ZRH in J on SWISS for my upcoming leisure trips. Don't care what the prices are - won't spend it on UA metal. Easily $10k for these tickets..
Diverting my RT travel plans to Singapore Airlines SFO>LAX>NRT in J along with SFO>ZRH in J on SWISS for my upcoming leisure trips. Don't care what the prices are - won't spend it on UA metal. Easily $10k for these tickets..