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Old Feb 6, 2025 | 9:19 am
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Originally Posted by jpezaris
For TATL, UA has left Eastern Europe to its alliance partners, relying either on connections through FRA/MUC/ZRH, or non-stops like ORD-WAW on LO. I don't know how friendly UA is with LO at the C-suite level, but the times I've tried the LO web site, it doesn't offer much outside of the Lot network, and I almost never see reward tickets on LO (but YMMV). Given the demographics in Chicago, I would expect ORD-WAW to support year-round service if UA offered it, especially if they figured out how to support booking onward connections on LO. I could also see encroaching on non-*A TATL destinations like ORD-PRG and ORD-BUD.
I've booked numerous tickets over the last 24 months on LO for UA award tickets.

While I don't disagree on Eastern Europe, I'd be shocked if the likes of PRG/BUD/WAW came onboard before EWR.
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