Originally Posted by
YEGTigger
I'm trying to wrap my head around this. They're suggesting that someone in IAD, ORD or SFO is going to connect through YYZ or YVR to go to the final destination, when UA likely has a direct flight out of those hubs?
People will do a lot to save a few bucks
When AC is selling LAX/SFO-HKG via YVR for <$500 RT, and the direct is 2x the price, its a no brainer for most people if its coming out of their own pocket. Heck even if its $50 cheaper - it comes up in the metasearches - lots of people will book based on price.
I think it was our own AC SD who said something to the tune of on AC's TLV flights, 60%+ pax are connecting to the USA.
As always in the AC world, USA-Canada-Asia/Europe is ok, but Canada-DXB-Asia/ME/India is not, and has to be stopped!
