Originally Posted by
twa777
US may just be finding that they don't need to promote those shorter routes as much to fill their planes.
US had best understand that the reason they've been able to maintain market share in markets like ROA, LYH, CHO, ELM, ILM, GSO, CRW, AVL, CHS, MDT, etc, etc, etc is in a large way due to the momentum of so many long time frequent flier members.
Many of the high revenue folks left over the past few years, but there are still gazillions who carry the US FF card. Boneheaded moves like this are sure to push more away.
This may make sense for West, but on the East side, there are so many high cost, short haul routes that this feels like a slap in the face.