Originally Posted by jing_canada
NW overbooking DTW to China, that's a joke. NW is a loser on this route, unless they have non-stop soon.
NW from east coast to China has one more connection in NRT. Now CO and UA have non-stop to PEK from EWR and ORD. AA and UA have non-stop to PVG from ORD. And AA, CO and UA are very very aggressively promoting their convenient single connection to China. When I compare the schedule on CO to PEK with the schedule on NW to PEK in this Feb., I cannot convince myself to choose NW. I cannot afford to lose half-day arriving PEK late in the evening and lose half-day departing PEK very early in the morning on NW.
It seems the only advantage that NW has is its service to CAN, also through NRT.
When you see DTW to PEK overbooking, it likely means the DTW to NRT is overbooked.
I have been strongly advocating NW resuming DTW-PEK/PVG nonstop flights.
See
My Letter to NW
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=405413
UA to China
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=483274
Apparently, current NW leadership doesn't care about China market anymore.
Finally this Platinum member had enough of NW. Now I am enjoying UA's 777 and nonstop flights to Shanghai.
My friends who took recent NRT-PVG trips reported that WBC sections were largely empty. This is a very bad sign for NW.
Wake up, Doug. Your airline is losing premium fare passengers to China because of your stubborness. You have the precious rights to fly nonstop to China but your midwest hub mentality insists NRT layovers. But, your competitors can't wait to get into China market where the money is and where the growth is in next decade. When DOT approves more slots to China in 2007...........