Originally Posted by
Garten
Again, it seems like that there's absolutely zero chance that UA is going to introduce a whole new class of service that exists only on 10 planes in their fleet. Marketing issues alone would rule this out.
They could certainly have a better E+ seat and they could have more restrictive and/or expensive rules for booking into it. But it would still be a Y fare.
Didn't AC basically do that with their premium economy? Obviously, change of aircraft type would result in issues, sure, but there's no reason why it can't be done. Especially if introduced on a route-by-route basis, there's no reason why you couldn't market it.
TK is another example, they only have premium economy on their 777s. The question is if one booked in PE if it was introduced, where does one go on the onward connection. I believe in TKs case, if you are in the cheaper of the PE fares, its in regular E, while the more expensive fares go into Business on the onwards.