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Jun 10, 2014, 8:07 am

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Originally Posted by hyho61

I am surprised at the timing. I thought they would announce this kind of a program sometime next year, after waiting to see what happens to DL and also if AA will reciprocate. Now they are screwed, if AA does not, they will find many switch to AA, especially in ORD, LAX, NYC and DC area. Not much choice in IAH and SFO. In DEN, WN is already an O&D leader, they will continue to take away market share, it might effect them even in Houston area, where WN is a strong player.

If someone is coastal-based, considers most of the country flyover country and does mostly international long-haul or transcontinental flights in economy class, the person is likely hosed by this move even when an OPM customer on UA.