Aug 26, 2017, 4:13 pm
What Route(s) do you wish UA Flew?
Nov 21, 2023, 6:10 am
#121
Join Date: Mar 2023
Location: Under the Big Oak Tree
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Would love to see UA restore service to several smaller Canadian cities that plugged into key United hubs:
- Victoria YYJ-San Francisco
- Thunder Bay YQT-Chicago O'Hare
- Saskatoon YXE-Denver
- Regina YQR-Denver
Nov 21, 2023, 8:48 am
#122
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Programs: UA*Lifetime GS, Hyatt* Lifetime Globalist
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Transpac flights out of hubs other than SFO.
Worst Polaris Lounge and lack of widebody services from East Coast/Mid-west (other than EWR) to SFO make flying out of SFO less desirable.
Worst Polaris Lounge and lack of widebody services from East Coast/Mid-west (other than EWR) to SFO make flying out of SFO less desirable.
Nov 21, 2023, 9:09 am
#123
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
Just my two cents
The design of SFO PL is good, with lower level as resting areas. United needs to expand the dinner room space and adds another buffet area on the upper level.
Nov 21, 2023, 10:11 am
#124
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: NYC
Programs: UA GS, AA Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 444
Nov 21, 2023, 10:37 am
#125
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SFO
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Posts: 216
Still waiting for UA to resume OAK connections to hubs. I suspect it is cheaper not to open another station when they prefer to direct everyone to SFO. But would also provide a nice alternative when ATC/weather goes haywire (though no doubt delays are preferable to diversions). Would also be nice to see South America nonstops from LAX/SFO rather than forcing connections via IAH or ORD.
SFO is harder to get to unless you live right there, it is a big, crowded airport, and it cuts flights significantly when the weather gets nasty. In the late 90s I was a 1k and lived in SF proper and basically commuted to LAX. If I walked in to LAX and heard anyone say the words 'flow control' I switched to OAK. If I couldn't get on the OAK flight I would rent a car and drive home. SFO is better now than it was then (it used to literally cut inbound flights in half any time the ceiling was low and flow control put ground holds on all flights under a certain distance) but it is still bad.
I would happily fly OAK-DEN-East Coast over an SFO-East Coast nonstop.
Nov 21, 2023, 10:49 am
#126
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Colorado
Programs: UA Gold (.85 MM), HH Diamond, SPG Platinum (LT Gold), Hertz PC, National EE
Posts: 5,656
Nov 21, 2023, 10:59 am
#127
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1P-1MM, Marriott LT Titanium
Posts: 3,930
Nov 21, 2023, 1:10 pm
#129
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I imagine govt traffic helped this one.
Nov 21, 2023, 1:49 pm
#130
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 7
A few reasonable connect-the-dots longhaul adds I'd like to see for UA:
EWR-GIG/TPE/ICN/WAW*/BUD*
ORD-TLV
IAD-MXP/ATH*
IAH-ZRH/CDG/OGG
SFO-GRU/FCO*
* seasonal
EK is a huge reason why RTW is dead... there is so much capacity/competition over the EU-South/Southeast Asia traffic flow that the 'connector' segment (e.g., LHR-DEL/HKG) would hemorrhage so much cash as to render the rest of the operation grossly unprofitable.
The closest UA can do now is EWR-DEL-SFO-EWR, which, while polar and not a true circumnavigation, is still pretty cool.
EWR-GIG/TPE/ICN/WAW*/BUD*
ORD-TLV
IAD-MXP/ATH*
IAH-ZRH/CDG/OGG
SFO-GRU/FCO*
* seasonal
EK is a huge reason why RTW is dead... there is so much capacity/competition over the EU-South/Southeast Asia traffic flow that the 'connector' segment (e.g., LHR-DEL/HKG) would hemorrhage so much cash as to render the rest of the operation grossly unprofitable.
The closest UA can do now is EWR-DEL-SFO-EWR, which, while polar and not a true circumnavigation, is still pretty cool.
Nov 21, 2023, 2:06 pm
#131
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
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Would really like to see OAK-DEN return, or even an OAK-LAX, but not holding my breath.
Nov 21, 2023, 4:25 pm
#132
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: New York, NY
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Of that list, we saw ORD-TLV and SFO-FCO come into existence, and who in February 2020 ever would have thought UA and EK would start cooperating?
Nov 21, 2023, 8:39 pm
#134
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Once Russian Airspace reopens, which might not happen this decade, non-TYO flying outside of West Coast hubs should be on the horizon.