Immediate $ loss to UA
I am very disappointed this level of information will no longer be available. This weekend I planned to book a UA flight to Europe with R availability to use a SWU. Gateway city didn't really matter as long as I could connect to my final destination.
Now that I can't find R on UA I plan to fly LH, as I believe I'll have a much better chance of clearing an SWU. That cost UA at least $1,600, not counting any code shares they may have picked up from the other segments.
I'll burn the last of my SWU's on LH and won't care about re-qualifying for 1K. The SWU's have just not proven to be as valuable as I hoped. I'll reallocate my travel budget to the lowest price C fares, which I've noticed is almost never UA (and also meaning I'll get better service), rather than buy UA Y hoping for an upgrade. That's probably $10,000-$15,000 of revenue UA will lose annually. The value of the MP program is not worth the hassle of flying UA.