Originally Posted by
spartacusmcfly
They specifically called out their Hawaii and LH Europe flights from the west coast as strong performers.
I don't think they're starved for high maintenance, $75K-100K/yr travelers. Yes, those folks sit atop the pyramid, but UA is starting to appreciate the breadth of the high-spending leisure segment of the pyramid.
The SFO-HNL flights for the last several months have been full most of the time, and typically the domestic F fares have increased to $1.8K to $2.3K one way for flight hours < SFO-NYC, and often sold out a few days before departure. Mileage tickets for the <5 hour reclining F seats require almost the same as 12-13 hour Polaris flights SFO-TPE. Clearly a lot of high-spending tourists on board. Only once I was not No.1 on the UG waitlist, so these high fare tickets were mostly purchased by non-GS members.