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Jun 11, 2007 | 12:47 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BenjaminNYC

But this would make EWR a "mini-hub" of UA, or at least a focus city. The situations are comparable. If CO can attract premium cabin fares from EWR (many of which come from NYC), UA can. (Or at least should, in theory.)

One problem to consider is how cheap CO F fares are:

UA full C JFK-LAX: $2000/way
UA discounted Z JFK-LAX: $900/way

CO full A EWR-LAX: $750/way
CO discounted R EWR-LAX: $600/way

Hm, if UA is charging more (and presumably getting it) for p.s. from JFK, then why would UA want to charge less (using the same airplane) by flying from EWR?