Originally Posted by
tom911
You can't. It is a route I have used UA systemwides on before they went to H fares and then dropped down to W fares. That was the first route I thought of where there is a significant price difference to buy a fare you can try to use a UA systemwide on. I posted it to show how much more you need to spend there to try and use systemwides.
The second example I posted (ORD-PVG) is a direct comparison.
I think the problem is until SWUs can be used on other OW carriers their usefulness is becoming significantly narrower than other airlines OR it will take a more convoluted routing. SIN, HKG, SEL, DXB, GVA, TXL, MUC, TLV, ATH, FCO (yearround), KUW, BCN, DUS are all no goes for AA SWUs or take a double connection from the West Coast unless you fly from LAX. And FRA is just 1x a day now.
If you have a business traveler's schedule the AA route network is certainly lacking in lots of areas if you want to use SWUs.