Originally Posted by
Valveman
Additionally, with every adjustment to the Bay Area schedules, AS is alienating more Bay Area fliers due to connection difficulties. I'm pretty loyal, but when I am forced to do an over nighter in SEA just to make a flight to ATL, then I really have to consider why I am being so loyal. Many of the longer haul flights require me to spend an extra day or two on the road due to scheduling. I'm fortunate enough I can make it work, but at some point I will have to reconsider where I spend my money. I hope that the Bay Area is recognized as a principal market and not just a fly or stop over in the future.
With the exception of DCA, AS really isn't focused on getting "us" to the East Coast. It is a plus when I can make one of those routes work, but it doesn't always happen, schedule or fare-wise. (They can make $ on us by not doing anything, such as when we buy a ticket on a partner airline that pays AS for the miles) However, they were focused on getting us to Southern California (OAK/SNA, SFO/SAN, SFO/PSP, STS/LAX and SFO/LAX) and to much of Mexico. Now, they are not.