June and August are both summer, but there's a big difference in their nonrev opportunities. The chances of getting on any transatlantic flight with BP9C during the 2nd and 3rd weeks of June are somewhere between 0% and 0.1%. By contrast, in August, the business class cabins will be very empty even after the BP8s have cleared. Ask your sponsor friend to check flight loads for you on the UA intranet. For many other reasons than protected information, FT is not the right/helpful/friendly place for that discussion.