Originally Posted by
uanj
I hate to be cynical but I had the same exact thought. If Kirby comes out and says that they don't see any material impact on the quarter's earnings I'll take that to mean they can fine tune redemptions (and therefore the value of the liability on unused miles) so that they will have offset the increase in miles offered as compensation.
I think it would be moreso an indication that while individually the gesture is substantial, in the grand scheme of the MP program it is a relatively small amount of the overall outstanding milage balance. It's really easy to forget just how massive UA (or any of the airlines really are). Just some rough numbers, if this were to be claimed by 500k passengers (based on SK reporting the weekend alone affected 150k passengers, extrapolated out to the remaining 4 days of disruption beyond that), that would be equivalent to only 1-2 days worth of travelers that UA sees. And then when you consider the amount, the majority of this is going to be used against seats that would otherwise spoil anyways (saver awards, upgrades), it wouldn't be hard to see how this has minimal impact on the earnings. The refunds they have to issue for cancelled itineraries/unused tickets are probably a more substantial impact to earnings than the compesnation gesture.
Originally Posted by
ironmanjt
Technically 1:15am is overnight, but given they're probably thinking "departure next day" this could be an interesting test case. What was your arrival time supposed to be? If it's a 2 hour delay from 11pm you might be pushing it...
Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
For a variety of purpose, some airlines use up to 2AM as not overnight. Such as up to 2AM departure allows prior day access to *A lounges. For overnight bags rules, again 2-6 AM is the cutoff for overnight..
I believe the criteria they're using for overnight in this case is 8+ hours with a change in departure day.