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Table 1: United First fare differential versus same fare in United Economy

Code:

lax |   99    --

sea |  129   129    --

den |  129   129   159    --

dfw |  159   159   199x  129    --

msp |  199   199   159x  129   129x   --

iah |  199   159   199   129    79   159    --

ord |  199   199   199   129   129    99   129    --

atl |  249   199x  249x  159   129x  129   129   129    --

iad |  299   249   249   159   159   129   159   129   129    --

ewr |  460‡  451‡  299   199   159   159   159   129   129    79    --

fll |  299   249x  299x  199   159x  159x  129   159    --   129   159x   --

bos |  299   299x  299x  199   199x  159x  199   129   129x   99    79   159x

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       sfo   lax   sea   den   dfw   msp   iah   ord   atl   iad   ewr   fll

x indicates that there is no normal nonstop service between the city pair. Up to two transfers (connections) are free in each direction.
‡ indicates there is no /UPDI fare published for this route. Amount is the difference between lowest available UP fare and current Economy (lowest), provided for reference.
-- indicates United does not publish a fare for this city pair.

Table 1.5: United First fare differential as a function of flight distance (partly speculation)

Code:

 total distance   fare differential

   min   max            ($)

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         299             79

   300   499             99

   500   999            129

  1000  1499            159

  1500  1999            199

  2000  2399            249

  2400                  299

Table 3: Minimum fare class with matched United First fare

Code:

lax |   K    -

sea |   K    K    -

den |   K    K    K    -

dfw |   K    K    L    K    -

msp |   K‡   K    L    K    K    -

iah |   L‡   K*   K‡   K    K‡   T‡    -

ord |   L    K*   L‡   L    K*   K*   K    -

atl |   K    K    L‡   K    K    K‡   K    K    -

iad |   T‡   K*   L‡   K‡   K    K*   K    K    K    -

ewr |   -    -    K    K    K    K‡   K    K*   K*   Q     -

fll |   K    K    L    K    K    K    K    K    -    K    K    -

bos |   K*   L‡   L    K    L    T    K    K    L    K    K    L

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       sfo  lax  sea  den  dfw  msp  iah  ord  atl  iad  ewr  fll

- indicates no /UPDI fare is published for the route
‡ indicates the minimum matched fare is also the minimum published fare
* indicates that there is a lower, unmatched fare with the same basis letter as the lowest matched fare
The United Economy booking code hierarchy is: Y B M E U H Q V W S T L K G N