If true then ^

Any clue on what's being sacrificed for E+? A row of Y? Row of F?

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OP is speaking about upgrades on UA which are called UDU... what does where one posts have to do with the name of an offering? I understand that a similar program on CO is called EUA, but that doesn't mean that one should call UA's program EUA.

That'd be like calling United First... "United BusinessFirst". Doesn't make sense.

FWIW UA's branded/branding their all-you-can-clear(or fail) upgrade program as UDU -- anyways, I think it makes sense to have two descriptors to differentiate between UA's upgrades and CO's upgrades.

Don't see anything objectionable about referring to UA's automated upgrades as UDU, short of UA's rather interesting choice of an acronym.

Not only that, referring to UA's program as EUA is also factually incorrect.

EUA is the system that processes the upgrades for CO. UA does not use such a system (nor does DL or AA). It's exclusive to CO.

As CO and UA get closer to a merger - it makes sense that CO add E+ - they need to be the same as UA. If CO does it - they will likely take out one row - but on a 738 (as channa points out many times) CO may want to get down to that magic 150 seats for 3 FA. I just hope we do not see a reduction in F.

Awesome! An 'Unconfirmed Rumor Catfight'!

CO has never been in the mood to remove Y seats because it can skew their CASM numbers if there isn't a boost in revenue to accompany the change. I highly doubt CO would even look at it unless UA showed them secret internal reporting docs that indicated a positive skew in revenue which comfortably outweighed the loss of the Y seats.

What CO needs are new Y seats (see my Air Canada review) and a policy to block middle seats in the 'premium section' and prevent people and GAs from selecting them until absolutely needed, and then in reverse order of status based on who is seated in the window/aisle. Having an empty middle is better than more legroom because you can turn sideways and stretch out - and you're not squeezed from the side.

You're right compared to other airlines UA F would be called Economy +.

It's possible that with all the cheap F upgrades they've been selling as of late, they've come to the conclusion that people will pay more for things.

If customers are willing to pay $75 for a F upgrade, maybe they'll pay $30 for an E+ upgrade.

No catfight here. Merely illustrating that for every post that gets started like this, there are is another side to the story. We can speculate all day, but it comes down to if CO will make money by adding E+.

My magic 8-ball says you're not over 6' tall. @:-)

What's good for the goose isn't necessarily good for the gander.

Methinks someone is way, way under 6' tall

provided we don't lost any F seats in the process. Frankly, I can't see them removing F seats from the 739, 752/3 or the 76/77s because of the door and lav placement - but the 738/NG/5 might end up losing a row. So, be careful what you wish for....

I think you're right. CO will operate an a/c with only one row of F. :rolleyes:

No. They'll be 31", BUT have extra recline!

5'11'' - but I'm either in an exit row or F. I can't remember the last time I was in a regular Y seat, nor would I want to be, but yes I've sat in the 'cheap seats' before.

However, that's the benefit of being a Plat who can plan travel 7+ days in advance....avoiding undesirable seats.