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Old Jun 8, 2012 | 11:40 am
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Originally Posted by bdhaliwa
A lot to do with big hubs.

UA: SFO/DEN complex has very high net worth tech crowd, younger, fewer in # but higher in $'s

AA: Flying from DFW/MIA, I definitely see older crowd sitting up front, retired/oil/real estate, probably less $'s than tech crowd, definitely sugar daddy type

DL: Dominant market share in areas with solid economic bases ATL/CVG/SLC/MSP leads to highest % of millionaires

NYC/LAX probably balance out between AA/UA/DL
Actually, if you look at millionaires per capita, the picture is different:

http://www.aneki.com/cities_most_millionaires.html

Some surprises, but mostly smaller population areas. The Bay Area is well-represented, so those SJC flights should be picking up any time now as the sugar daddy source

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