Originally Posted by
TProphet
It's pretty hard for Alaska to compete head to head with United between two of their hub airports. SFO-DCA is probably the only real moneymaker.
If they want to keep at least some of the customer base, they need to keep the real non-money-losers, too, even if the aircraft could currently be deployed on a more money-making route. "Our" new SFO lounge is either going to be sparsely populated, or full of PP passengers.