Originally Posted by
iahphx
I wonder how many were sold this morning. I'll say 1,000, but I have no real idea. It's not like this thing went viral across the internet. Did it cost UA money? Probably. But nobody's going to lose their job over selling $1500+ airline seats. I know there's tons of enthusiasm on this board to sit up front, but it's still $1500, and I'm not sure how many seats they sell for 2x that in summer.
Yes....the last 24 hours increased UA's bank account, for sure.
It isn't like they are actually going to lose "real" money on this.