Originally Posted by
Often1
This has nothing to do with UA and the concern that once implemented, the UG with a cert from Y will be to PE. not C.
Rather this has to do with corporate travel policies. It is for those large corporate customers that US carriers have started rolling out a PE product.
There is no question in my mind that many corporate travel policies which have previously provided for F/J on longer-haul travel will now provide for a one-class UG from Y for many travelers. Why? The entire PE scheme is largely what corporate customers want.
From what I am seeing now this is indeed the case. As the holidays are ending and the new year beginning we certainly push back at the travel department and will probably have to go back and see exactly what the wording was in the contract but for large companies that have huge travel accounts this is one way of nibbling down costs and still provide "upgraded" travel. At this point I don't see them pulling back on the international travel but for TCONs it is on its way.