Originally Posted by
tcdtcd
IAD-SFO/LAX would be no brainers over BOS. Hub-hub.
SNA is way more premium than BOS, although smaller.
SAN/SEA/MIA are at least as premium as BOS if not more, justifying premium planes. Tech/biotech/wealthy Latam travelers.
I just dont understand why BOS travelers feel entitled to lie-flats, when it’s just another transcon. Yes, there was a time when it existed, but its gone now, get over it!
502 posts is overkill!
What is your reasoning re: BOS, you have done a fine job highlighting other cities while providing unsubstantiated opinions on BOS? MA is the second wealthiest state in the country by median household income (over 100k annually), one of the most educated cities in the world. BOS has historically pulled it's weight and more in terms of air connections, it's one of (if not the) best performing non-hub in the UA network.
BOS's Hometown carrier jetBlue offers lie-flats on BOS-LAX/SFO/SAN/LAS/BGI/SXM/LIR/UVF and DL and AA both have lie-flats on BOS-LAX. The only way UA can compete on hard product is to send lie-flat seats in.