Originally Posted by
lhrsfo
For this to happen, UA would have either to buy another LHR slot (I can't see that happening, unless LH or another partner is selling), or drop another frequency.
Exactly, with the high-J 763 flying LHR-EWR this winter, UA can move a slot to DEN and still increase premium capacity. I believe this is almost certain as UA is only selling 5 daily nonstops EWR-LHR in the winter schedule, whereas prior to the DEN flight it was 6 daily.