Originally Posted by ijgordon

It's particularly frustrating to contrast the service levels between the "true" transcons and, say, EWR-LAS, which is only about 200 miles shorter. I've been on EWR-LAS flights that have been sold out in F for over a week before departure, signaling that the paid FC yield is probably pretty high. I'm sure, on the whole, it's lower than EWR-LAX/SFO, but I can't imagine it's that much lower than the secondary transcon routes like PDX, SJC, SNA or even SAN.