AA really has given up on SFO-based flyers
Jul 24, 2022, 11:45 am
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Jul 24, 2022, 1:58 pm
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Jul 24, 2022, 2:40 pm
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Jul 24, 2022, 5:55 pm
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Jul 24, 2022, 6:50 pm
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Exactly. I’ve done the SF to LA to east coast and it makes for a long trek. I didn’t mind it much, but will be going direct BOS-SFO on DL/B6 as the connections made no sense or were high priced via JFK on AA.
Jul 24, 2022, 7:51 pm
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Jul 24, 2022, 10:56 pm
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Jul 25, 2022, 12:16 am
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AA has been second fiddle to UA at ORD for awhile, but decent O&D yields and a desire to steal some of the ORD corporate accounts from UA is the reason that AA has, over the years, tried to build up the frequency of their services, esp in business heavy markets like SFO, LAX, LGA, BOS, and DCA. They’ll establish initiatives to add services to gain market share, and then reverse course after it doesn’t happen. If you’re an ORD travel manager, you’re going to have a hard time convincing your travelers to accept a ORD-SFO flight at 145p, with no nonstops afterwards. Or to choose between a 6am or red eye for the return. Even 3x per day for such a route doesn’t cut it, either for ORD or SFO based flyers.
Jul 25, 2022, 4:35 am
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I find I'm using AS mostly on West Coast flights and DL or UA to places where AA's SFO schedules just don't work anymore for me.
Even for Europe, the BA/LHR connections are no longer something I want to do anymore. I still take AA to cities where they fly and involve only one US connection. The service is not always polished and the food not the best sometimes, but otherwise I like AA business cabins for transatlantic (or pacific).
Even for Europe, the BA/LHR connections are no longer something I want to do anymore. I still take AA to cities where they fly and involve only one US connection. The service is not always polished and the food not the best sometimes, but otherwise I like AA business cabins for transatlantic (or pacific).
Jul 25, 2022, 6:39 am
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Can speak to the years I frequented between Chicago and South Florida, UA indeed only runs two turns a day between ORD and MIA -- but there's also if memory serves three turns a day between ORD and FLL and where I was near downtown Miami, that was convenient enough. I would guess maybe similar for PHL given proximity to EWR and even BWI, not sure what the true O-and-D market is between Chicago and North Texas to speak to how much capacity UA would put on ORD<>DFW against AA (or even against WN between MDW<>DAL)
