Originally Posted by
jwright
An 85% load factor doesn't mean that every flight across the board is 85% full, it means that 85% of all the available seat miles were "occupied." Some flights at less popular times might be 50% full, others might be consistently 100% full. An E+ model means foresaking 6 seats worth of revenue on those consistently 100% full flights.
Airlines are not shy about imitating each other. I suspect that if E+ was such a money maker, UA wouldn't be the only domestic carrier offering it.
Load Factor: Generally refers to the percentage of occupied seats on an aircraft and can also be expressed as the ratio of revenue passenger miles (RPM) to available seat miles (ASM).
Are award seats considered revenue seats? If they are, then this idea could further limit award seats, impacting everyone!