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What Route(s) do You Wish UA Flew? [Archive thread]
Nov 2, 2014, 6:50 pm
#736
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: PHL
Programs: AA
Posts: 343
Quite honestly, I really like the ZFV-EWR routing. I live in Center City so it's obviously convenient and I've gotten some really good deals. United seems to undercut US on some routes.
Nov 2, 2014, 7:38 pm
#737
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: EWR
Programs: Marriott Plat, UA GS, Hertz Plat
Posts: 7
Wish there were more Destinations on UA metal
EWR-ATH
EWR-IST
EWR-VIE
EWR-AMS
Useless routes are
EWR/IAD-BRU badly connected to rest of Europe on any *Alliance
EWR/IAD-MUC Already a lot of connections to FRA
EWR/IAD-GVA With ZRH why fly to GVA direct
Incidentally all these routes also have flights from ORD - really!
EWR-IST
EWR-VIE
EWR-AMS
Useless routes are
EWR/IAD-BRU badly connected to rest of Europe on any *Alliance
EWR/IAD-MUC Already a lot of connections to FRA
EWR/IAD-GVA With ZRH why fly to GVA direct
Incidentally all these routes also have flights from ORD - really!
Nov 2, 2014, 7:48 pm
#738
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,172
Nov 2, 2014, 8:01 pm
#739
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: MRY - CNX - TXL
Programs: UA 1K / *G / Marriott PE / Expedia Gold+ / Hertz PC
Posts: 7,058
You have trouble connecting to *A in BRU?? Aside from France I don't see much of a problem...even then if you are looking to get to Paris you can take the train.
Nov 2, 2014, 9:02 pm
#740
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: New York Area
Programs: Mileage Plus Platinum
Posts: 161
EWR-ATH
EWR-IST
EWR-VIE
EWR-AMS
Useless routes are
EWR/IAD-BRU badly connected to rest of Europe on any *Alliance
EWR/IAD-MUC Already a lot of connections to FRA
EWR/IAD-GVA With ZRH why fly to GVA direct
Incidentally all these routes also have flights from ORD - really!
EWR-IST
EWR-VIE
EWR-AMS
Useless routes are
EWR/IAD-BRU badly connected to rest of Europe on any *Alliance
EWR/IAD-MUC Already a lot of connections to FRA
EWR/IAD-GVA With ZRH why fly to GVA direct
Incidentally all these routes also have flights from ORD - really!
Nov 2, 2014, 9:08 pm
#741
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: yyz/ord
Programs: AC E50 UA1k 2MM AA EXP Royal Ambassador SPG Platinum
Posts: 1,516
Anyhow UA needs to bring back Toronto-SFO and add Toronto-LAX
\next anything on UA metal to BKK... really why cant UA have a code share from bkk-hkg so at least we could avoid the NRT 6 hr flight on ANA
Nov 2, 2014, 11:36 pm
#742
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: IAH
Programs: UA nada, Hyatt Disc, Hilton Gold
Posts: 846
I would love to see more UA routes from IAH across the Pacific, but with KE arriving and BR moving in next summer it seems pretty unlikely. I am still holding out for IAH-AKL or IAH-SYD, darn it.
Nov 2, 2014, 11:50 pm
#743
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 514
BANGALORE! With a hub in San Fran and so much IT done in Bangalore I am shocked they don't have a direct flight from somewhere in the US to there. The plane would be filled all the time.
Also, would like to see a flight to Juneau Alaska. Even a puddle jumper, I don't care...
They also have one flight a day from SRQ to ORD. Why not add more flights from SRQ to IAH? It's much closer and would make a lot more sense? Even Dulles or IAH to me make more sense than ORD. I guess they don't want to be as strong in the southeast and American/US Air and Delta own it. Tampa and Orlando aren't bad though just out of the way from the Gulf Beaches south of Tampa Bay.
Also, would like to see a flight to Juneau Alaska. Even a puddle jumper, I don't care...
They also have one flight a day from SRQ to ORD. Why not add more flights from SRQ to IAH? It's much closer and would make a lot more sense? Even Dulles or IAH to me make more sense than ORD. I guess they don't want to be as strong in the southeast and American/US Air and Delta own it. Tampa and Orlando aren't bad though just out of the way from the Gulf Beaches south of Tampa Bay.
Nov 3, 2014, 12:43 am
#745
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: SFO
Programs: OZ Diamond/*G, IHG Diamond Amb, Hilton Gold
Posts: 2,240
BANGALORE! With a hub in San Fran and so much IT done in Bangalore I am shocked they don't have a direct flight from somewhere in the US to there. The plane would be filled all the time.
Also, would like to see a flight to Juneau Alaska. Even a puddle jumper, I don't care...
They also have one flight a day from SRQ to ORD. Why not add more flights from SRQ to IAH? It's much closer and would make a lot more sense? Even Dulles or IAH to me make more sense than ORD. I guess they don't want to be as strong in the southeast and American/US Air and Delta own it. Tampa and Orlando aren't bad though just out of the way from the Gulf Beaches south of Tampa Bay.
Also, would like to see a flight to Juneau Alaska. Even a puddle jumper, I don't care...
They also have one flight a day from SRQ to ORD. Why not add more flights from SRQ to IAH? It's much closer and would make a lot more sense? Even Dulles or IAH to me make more sense than ORD. I guess they don't want to be as strong in the southeast and American/US Air and Delta own it. Tampa and Orlando aren't bad though just out of the way from the Gulf Beaches south of Tampa Bay.
I believe they have a DEN-JNU in the summer.
Nov 3, 2014, 4:58 am
#746
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 57,617
Exactly. I use BRU for connecting flights in northern Europe, and MUC for flights to southern Europe. Both are very useful destinations.
Nov 3, 2014, 8:15 am
#747
Moderator, Omni, Omni/PR, Omni/Games, FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Between DCA and IAD
Programs: UA 1K MM; Hilton Diamond
Posts: 67,146
By that logic, UA ought to just discontinue all the flights to smaller cities in the UK and EU because they already have a lot of lift to hub cities like LHR and FRA.
Nov 3, 2014, 9:23 am
#749
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 1,309
it probably makes sense
to fly nonstop from ORD to SRQ for the local Chicago market. It's timed as a local flight - to get local passengers from Chicago to their second homes in the SRQ area. Indeed, the SRQ area is one of the top areas in Florida, if not the top, for Chicago-area people owning a home in Florda. So, if United is trying to serve this market - Chicagoans going to Florida, why wouldn't they fly it nonstop? They've done it for a few years now, so makes sense to me.
BANGALORE! With a hub in San Fran and so much IT done in Bangalore I am shocked they don't have a direct flight from somewhere in the US to there. The plane would be filled all the time.
Also, would like to see a flight to Juneau Alaska. Even a puddle jumper, I don't care...
They also have one flight a day from SRQ to ORD. Why not add more flights from SRQ to IAH? It's much closer and would make a lot more sense? Even Dulles or IAH to me make more sense than ORD. I guess they don't want to be as strong in the southeast and American/US Air and Delta own it. Tampa and Orlando aren't bad though just out of the way from the Gulf Beaches south of Tampa Bay.
Also, would like to see a flight to Juneau Alaska. Even a puddle jumper, I don't care...
They also have one flight a day from SRQ to ORD. Why not add more flights from SRQ to IAH? It's much closer and would make a lot more sense? Even Dulles or IAH to me make more sense than ORD. I guess they don't want to be as strong in the southeast and American/US Air and Delta own it. Tampa and Orlando aren't bad though just out of the way from the Gulf Beaches south of Tampa Bay.
Nov 3, 2014, 9:31 am
#750
Join Date: May 2013
Location: DC
Posts: 255
IAD-BRU & GVA are not necessarily for connections. Brussels is (basically) the Capital of the EU and IAD serves the Capital of the US. That flight is almost always full of gov't folks. Same goes for GVA which has many UN offices and the headquarters of the World Health Organizations.