Originally Posted by
entropy
United isn't losing 6k-$10k of revenue per ticket booked here; how many of the people who posted here would actually BUY these tickets with cash money? The question then becomes what the lost revenue is on those seats on the realistic notion that they will not all be sold for cash. Is it 2-5 million total? Either way, just add it to tab for "savings" from switching to SHARES.
This is fine if all the redemptions were on UA metal, but since partner airlines are involved and UA will have to pay those airlines for all of the redemptions, there's a tangible and quantifiable loss for each of those tickets.