Originally Posted by
Boraxo
disagree 100%. I think the revenue enhancement will be minimal at best. The Gold companion will still get E+ on solo trips and will still have to buy up to F as most everyone does now with the lack of CPUs even for 1Ks. The average American family has 2 kids so I don’t see too many families that will be paying for E+ seats or checked bags. And of course there are plenty of trips where the spouses fly solo.
this is all about rewarding the top spending customers and ensuring that a current 1K isn’t bumped by somebody’s spouse.
As a 1K, I can tell you that I've only gotten 2 CPUs in the last 3 years but, I've also observed that most of the pax hiking back to Y during pre-boarding are GS/1Ks, so I don't believe anybody's spouse was stealing UGs from me. I've seen with my own eyes that F is filled mainly with cash customers these days. UA is very successfully monetizing F. On my recent flights to LAS from the East Coast, F has been sold-out, sometimes weeks in advance, and nobody was getting UG'd.