Originally Posted by
LeonS
How come does United release more Saver Awards in Business/First class for international flight than for domestic flights? My intuition would have been that paying customers might be less inclined to buy First class for shorter domestic class tickets than for the longer international routes. Is it the opposite?
The price of F for domestic flights is often much lower than it is on intercontinental flights, even after accounting for flight time, and there is a lot more premium cabin inventory on the long-haul flights.
UA has gotten extremely good at selling discounted upgrades to economy passengers.