Originally Posted by sweden05

I read that item and had to laugh. Every business traveler I know is flying UA and other carriers more often now because of the Tango / Flex fare disparity. Booking AC used to be pretty automatic for all of us, but now we always shop around.

AC, it's simple. Charge a little more for Flex fare benefits if you want (e.g. full status miles, upgradeability). Charge us (a few) more upgrade credits if you want. But $800 extra one-way TPAC? Bye, we're flying United.