Originally Posted by
N104UA
I don't know what "small mountain town" you live in but every city UA flies to in CO, except ALS and PUB (both of which are EAS), currently have 2 cabin planes on the schedule. I don't think UA is all of the sudden going to just downgaging the CO Ski Cities as there is a lot of money there for first class travel. I am pretty sure the 50 seat cabins are going to stay mostly on EAS routes, United currently has 20 EAS routes out of DEN and most of them are to cities in WY, NE, KS, MO, ND, IA, and UT (not really "small mountain towns"). Also, recently the 50 seat RJs have been on 1 to 1.5 hr flights, I don't have much of an issue sitting on one of those on short hops (as they were originally intended for) vs having to drive 5-10 hours to an airport.
GUC is down to 2x 50-seaters (CommutAir, no less), so that's a capacity cut from the CR7s of last summer. GJT is mostly 50-seaters, but has a few E75.
I would be happy with 50 seaters to mountain towns on an increased schedule, but I'll believe it when I see it. For instance, it's rare for DEN-GUC to have more than 2 flights a day, even during peak ski season. At EGE this summer, UA has held with 2-3x E75 to DEN (dropping a planned mainline ORD), while AA is flying multiple 319s to DFW, ORD and CR7s to PHX. AA has always owned EGE, so that's no surprise, but again I'll believe the talk about improved frequency when I see it.