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Old Jun 10, 2014 | 11:47 am
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Originally Posted by Col Ronson
UA isn't going to lose those folk. Where are those folk going to go? WN? no first class. B6? no star alliance. AA? they're switching to revenue eventually. DL? they're already doing this.

People forget DL did this last year, and this year DL is making profit lol. Everyone talks and talks, and nobody does anything.
UA's lost me - and before this change - to AA. DL and AA having been making improvements in service quality. UA has been making cuts. AA gives me mostly mainline on the routes I fly. UA gives me a whole lot of RJs.

Even if AA goes to a revenue based model - the flying experience is better than on UA. Same for DL. That's why I switched. That's why others in my situation will switch. That's what SMI/J and you seem to be missing.

We'll see what Parker does to AA...but I know the reasons I switched, and this unfortunate change only adds to it.
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