Originally Posted by
jdrtravel
true....but aside from the flight to NRT, what other nonstops does delta offer from JFK to Asia? If you have to connect anyway, to Bejing for example, this provides an option to fight in BE from the east coast and connect in Seattle.
It would be very interesting to know what percentage of transcon customers are connecting to an international BE flight.
You don't "win" the NYC market by offering an inferior product! If there are non-stops (there generally are) then HVC's will take those. I don't think it really matters that the flight to Seattle is a little nicer than it could have been- you're still on an airline with generally crappier soft product, and you've added hours to an already very long trip.
PS To whomever was thinking it is tech companies that drive the J demand for NYC/Seattle- think again. I know of no tech companies that allow J domestically, very few allow it ever. And if you are flying to Europe from Seattle in J, for craps sake you can get a full nights sleep if you fly direct!