Originally Posted by
grahampros
Well that's the point. They no longer need the millage runners to fills those seats with 85% to 90% load factors. They will fill those either way. Non status is actually a lot cheaper for them since they don't get free bags etc. in those cases they make more money off of non status folks.
Well UA definitely needs all the marginal pax they can find, low load-factors were a core driver of their loses last quarter. It's not just MRers either, a lot of people make marginal work or personal trips and partially rationalize them based on getting miles.