Originally Posted by
mitchmu
In fairness, I've always had a hard time clearing hub-hub with UA during peak business hours. However, what used to be hard has now become impossible.
No doubt, though, that TODs and cheap V-ups have drastically reduced the number of seats available for UG. And, that's here to stay.
Of course - you're not clearing SFO-IAD/BOS on a Mon or Thu w/o an instrument, that's nothing new.
What IS new now is missing on shorter off-peak, non hub-hub routes - what once was a fluke is now SOP it seems.