Originally Posted by
Cuse44
But it has nothing to do with the EUA and UDU systems. It is solely how inventory is controlled and released. If the CO revenue management folks take over but they keep the UDU system, you will still have the same results as most of us notice currently on CO.
...and that's the big fear.
Know I'm probably beating a dead horse here - but in 300K BIS miles over the past 5 years, I don't think I've ever seen a UA C/F cabin 80% empty inside 24 hours and still been waiting on an upgrade. Maybe not even 50% empty.
The ONLY rationale for doing so is to try and squeeze as many more $ out of pax as possible before running complimentary upgrades. If that's the new M.O. going forward, you're going to have a lot of PO'd elites. It may make them add'l $ in the short term, but would be shooting themselves in the foot long-term.
If PS was run like this, you'd have 22-24 of the 26 C seats getting assigned day-of (or at the gate) - that definitely wouldn't fly with PS flyers
