Originally Posted by
Infinite1K
Probably need more data to prove your point. Basing an argument on two data points isn’t very compelling.
Also, not sure what the relevance is that on the particular date/time you checked, the fare was $x cheaper. The profitability is dependent on how many seats are sold at time of departure so while the fare could be cheaper at that particular point and time, perhaps the cabin out of EWR has already filled up with higher $ fares, while ORD hasn’t.
Again, there are so many inputs that go into profitability of a route it hard to see how you can make your argument based on your two spot checks based on a single input.
I checked two entirely different trip dates which, I suppose, would mean four dates if looked at as one-ways. Importantly, in all of the flights on each day, the fare was uniform for the city pairs except for one instance which was one of the daytime EWR-LHR flights. IOW, the pattern was clear as day.
Now for all the talk about not having enough data, has any data been shown indicating that EWR-LHR is a highly profitable route among UA's TATL offerings?