Originally Posted by
DuckFlyer
Example - North Bend/Coos Bay. How can the only airport for the Bandon Dunes area not have service from Portland/Seattle? This is a major BUSINESS destination for golfers around the country. Many a corporate entertainment dollar has been spent there and I was shocked when AS pulled out of the market, only to see UAL immediately jump in from SFO.
Didn't you just answer your own question? You said it's a destination for golfers from "around the country". PDX/SEA was therefore a poor connection point for anyone not up/down the west coast. SFO (as a major UA hub) is a much better connection point averaged over the whole country.
(Golfers "from around the country" undoutedly care about connections a little more than AS miles or status.)