Originally Posted by
simmang
One significant downside I find with flying paid F on United is that when things go south, it's difficult to be accommodated in F on an alternate flight day-of because F is often already full. This is different from my experience with AA, which seems to have more F seats available close to departure.
Yeah, UA definitely never seems to have F inventory day-of. It also makes it nearly impossible to VDB from F (well, without sitting in Y).
Originally Posted by
itsme
How about fares, how is it that UA is often the most expensive ticket for a given itinerary, rarely the least expensive one? I really don't get it and wonder how UA hangs in against the competition when it is, IMO, so non-price-competitive. Do others think I am mistaken about the relative cost of tickets and/or the UA offers a regularly superior product?
IME UA frequently has the cheapest (or same price) or only non-stop for my cities. If they don't, I don't fly UA.