SFO-MSP going RJ?
May 20, 2014, 7:32 am
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Jun 1, 2014, 7:53 am
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Great service, drinks before flight, snack to ATL, seat was great as the tray table is built to sit above your lap--nice and the recline was impressive. This seat rocks and is so much better than the new first seat! One cool thing--when you come out of the gate in ATL--there is a dedicated screen for your flight with connections showing you what gate you are to proceed to. Very cool.
All mainline, all with wifi
I think it is more than marketing!
P.S. And brewed decaf!!!!!!!!
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Jun 1, 2014, 8:00 am
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My United Flight was cancelled last night---RJ--from STL-ORD--had to stay the night and was rebooked on Delta First--STL-ATL-PHL. Just getting on in ATL.
Great service, drinks before flight, snack to ATL, seat was great as the tray table is built to sit above your lap--nice and the recline was impressive. This seat rocks and is so much better than the new first seat! One cool thing--when you come out of the gate in ATL--there is a dedicated screen for your flight with connections showing you what gate you are to proceed to. Very cool.
All mainline, all with wifi
I think it is more than marketing!
Great service, drinks before flight, snack to ATL, seat was great as the tray table is built to sit above your lap--nice and the recline was impressive. This seat rocks and is so much better than the new first seat! One cool thing--when you come out of the gate in ATL--there is a dedicated screen for your flight with connections showing you what gate you are to proceed to. Very cool.
All mainline, all with wifi
I think it is more than marketing!
Jun 1, 2014, 10:28 am
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I was telling a UA rep about how I scanned my DL bag tag and looked up status, and his jaw dropped. This has been on DL for at least 3 years.
I do always get a chuckle leaving the plane in IAH, right when you go through the door into the terminal, you can see the agents pecking away at the green monochrome SHARES screens and the agent standing there with the dot-matrix printout on continuous feed paper, "Connections, y'all?"
Throw in the junk club amenities and the carts all over the place, and connecting in IAH is so third world compared to ATL.
Jun 1, 2014, 10:40 am
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thats been true on DL for ages. Welcome to the party. Lol
thats been true on DL for ages. Welcome to the party. Lol
May 11, 2015, 9:08 pm
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Mainline flights returning to SFO-MSP & vv in summer 2015, with many days seeing three flights a day (two E175s and a mainline jet which is a mix of 737 and A319/20.)
Big capacity increase for this route, which is nice to see.
Big capacity increase for this route, which is nice to see.
May 11, 2015, 9:29 pm
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UA can not fly 5 flts ALL mainline from a UA hub (SFO) to MSP?
Something is wrong with this picture.
May 11, 2015, 9:46 pm
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I even saw mainline on ORD-SLC. It's been a while.
May 11, 2015, 10:08 pm
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May 11, 2015, 10:12 pm
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DL can only fly 7 flights on regional jets (0 mainline) from their hub SEA to UA's hub SFO.
Something is wrong with this picture.
Seriously, airlines have to pick their battles carefully. They cannot match other airlines on every route. Profits are far more important than market share.
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May 11, 2015, 10:21 pm
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UA flies 11 flights, 10 on mainline, from their hub SFO to DL's hub SEA.
DL can only fly 7 flights on regional jets (0 mainline) from their hub SEA to UA's hub SFO.
Something is wrong with this picture.
Seriously, airlines have to pick their battles carefully. They cannot match other airlines on every route. Profits are far more important than market share.
DL can only fly 7 flights on regional jets (0 mainline) from their hub SEA to UA's hub SFO.
Something is wrong with this picture.
Seriously, airlines have to pick their battles carefully. They cannot match other airlines on every route. Profits are far more important than market share.
Also compare the distance. SEA-SFO VS SFO-MSP?
May 11, 2015, 10:25 pm
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I'll criticize UA for "cannot compete (or won't)" when DL reaches parity with UA or AA for that matter on LAX-ORD frequencies. I won't even fuss with mainline on that. Surely, LAX is a DL "hub" (sic).
May 11, 2015, 10:40 pm
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).The question is why can UA not compete from SFO to MSP?
May 11, 2015, 10:51 pm
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It only appears to be a question in 1 person's eyes...
If UA not flying enough mainline from SFO to MSP was the straw that breaks the camel's back for some flyers, then they are long gone already.
Will some of these SFO based flyers now come back? UA anticipates they will, we'll know as we watch how they gauge the aircraft and frequency.
If UA not flying enough mainline from SFO to MSP was the straw that breaks the camel's back for some flyers, then they are long gone already.
Will some of these SFO based flyers now come back? UA anticipates they will, we'll know as we watch how they gauge the aircraft and frequency.