Originally Posted by
jsloan
Why?
As a general rule, UA simply is not interested in selling discount seats 6+ months ahead of departure. There's always time to offer a sale later, but if they start out with a low price and then demand comes in hotter than expected, they can't recoup that revenue.
Based on what? Have they announced as much or are you guessing based on something? In the 20+ years I've been flying United, booking way in advance was always the best way to get low fares and Saver awards. It used to be that going to ExpertFlyer and looking up rate codes would return all sorts of 21+, 30+, and 60+ rate codes. I still see 50+% price variance on AA and DL, but UA only has about 5-10% variance for advance purchase fares.