Originally Posted by
downinit
Absolutely nothing useful from LAX. Looks like I will continue to avoid flying UA. Surely there are a few people on the west coast who enjoy going to Europe and do not want to stop by EWR on the way. I guess they don't mind ceding all of us to the LH group.
UA is not losing revenue if pax are "ceded" to the LH group--they're all part of a revenue-sharing JV on TATL flights. The real benefit of having UA metal TATL is for elites--those of us with Plus Points to burn have a better time using them on UA metal than on LH group metal: you need to book a high fare bucket to be able to use Plus Points on LH, and you can't use them on LX/OS altogether.