Originally Posted by
channa
Because UA had higher revenues and higher operational reliabilty than CO. Plus from a frequent-flyer perspective and having been Elite on both CO and UA, I see that historically, UA better understood the needs of FFs.
As noted by
GoingAway, PMUA's revenue premium was largely a function of limited supply. However, post-merger, the airlines continue to have some of the best unit revenue and yield performance. It takes several months of bad coffee and pillowless flights to drive high value customers away, or the changes are generally acceptable (or beneficial) to high value customers.
Originally Posted by
channa
No. I'm just aware of CO's tendencies.
What exactly does that mean? Do your rants have a logical basis, or is your position emotionally based?
Originally Posted by
channa
Better network; improving economy.
I guess management is doing something right then.
Originally Posted by
dcsnowwake
IAD will be going away soon in this merger at this rate....just look at the start of the shift toward EWR with widebodies...once people stop flying out IAD, then CO oops I mean UA can argue noone uses IAD anymore.
I want my UA back!
Yeah, the change in gauge of a handful of flights really kills a hub...
