Originally Posted by
FlyingHoustonian
Nonsense, and you are missing the point with what UA is trying to do by highlighting Dallas. They even have a section noting UNITED is Houston's hometown airline, but they fact is they are Chicago based (this has nothing to do with the point about int'l service mind you).
by your logic UA should not mention WN is Dallas based since HOU is a larger "hub" for them. UA is doing this to try and make their point. Some will see that, some won't. Which side is right is TBD it seems. Both WN's and UA's websites on the Houston fight make for good reading.
SEA1K I viewed that thread many times. I view this a seperate discussion since the other thread and article gets into non-Hobby int'l topics.
I'm not missing the point at all. You're the one who highlighted it. I know why UA wrote it the way they did.
To the other poster - from a pure English perspective, "based" may not always mean "corporate HQ", but it is understood to mean that in normal communications, yes. Then again, I can see an article in the Newark Star-Ledger stating "Newark-based United Airlines agrees with PA/NYNJ on new terminal".