Originally Posted by
TheBOSman
I wouldn't go that far (and I'm EXP on AA and 1K on UA so I have quite a bit of experience with both
). Meals in F overall are better on AA. AA dumped the 762s domestically last month. The 77W is way ahead of anything UA has. Similar with the A321T. AA vs. UA 737NG or 757 is pretty much equally medicore. S80 is old but they are going away rapidly. The A319s suck equally from what I've seen (I've yet to get one on AA though), though I believe UA's have more extra legroom economy seats. The A320 is maybe slightly better than a 737, but with only 12 F instead of 16 F that puts it well behind from an upgrade perspective (read: higher chance of flying Y on an economy class ticket). And it isn't better if simply paying for F anyway. The 772, AA has SWUs if you are EXP, so you can usually upgrade an economy ticket into biz, or a biz ticket into F. AA 772 F > UA 772 J, and AA 772 J > UA 772 Y. And AA 772 F > UA 772 GF.
And don't try to tell me one of the 739ERs without TV or Wifi installed yet (which I had ANC-SEA-IAH recently enough, as well as BOS-IAH) are anything other than total garbage.
Of course. I LOVE AA catering. 500000x better than anything UA has.
A] the 77W is better. I flew C LAX-LHR. Best thing ever. I love wifi that actually works.
b] A321T is 5000x better than UA's aged 757s that doesn't even have first class.
However, AA's old product in my opinion still sucks vs what UA has. All the 737NG's ive been on do not have IFE/Wifi while all the UA ones i've been on have. I know its a hit and miss and they're still installed.
c] i was on a pre-retrofit 772 MIA-LHR that was 2-5-2 in coach, terrible. Old IFE, etc. Compared to UA's retrofit 772s, UA wins on that one.
d] yes AA's A320s/A321s/A319s are better than UA's.
Once AA retires all their S80s, they will truly have a domestic product that has no rival, except maybe DL (but i hate leather seats). Those 757s are in real need of retrofits too.
Originally Posted by
CMK10
For the people in this thread who are writing off all the Premier Silvers and Golds and "kettles", I don't think you understand that United needs customers like that. You can't survive just going after people who spend lots of money, you have to also earn the loyalty of the mid-range spenders. Otherwise Mercedes wouldn't make a C-Class and an E-350, they'd just make the S-600s and similar.
yes, but as DL has shown, and every other airline in the world has shown, you can still have a revenue based FF program and still make money.