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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 6:58 pm
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Originally Posted by formeraa
Well, SFO is a primary hub to Asia. So, I would expect to have the flights timed to connect to the Asian flights. Plus, the Asia connections are where the real money is.

If you are saying that the flights are not timed well for the SFO business traveler, you may well be right.
This might be what you'd expect, but it is certainly not how UA currently schedules the single daily SFO-MSP nonstop. The MSP-SFO flight is an early evening departure arriving SFO around 9 p.m., and thus requires an overnight to continue onward to Asia.

The schedule is not bad for SFO-based business travelers, however; it allows a few hours in the office on the morning of departure, and a full day in MN on the return.
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