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Would love to see UA restore service to several smaller Canadian cities that plugged into key United hubs:
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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. |
Just my two cents
Originally Posted by UA_Flyer
(Post 35761756)
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. 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. |
Originally Posted by erik123
(Post 35755112)
Unlikely. They used to do EWR-EZE-MVD. The last leg being very short.
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Originally Posted by Boraxo
(Post 35760584)
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. |
Originally Posted by COSBob
(Post 35758204)
COS to IAD bring it back.
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Originally Posted by COSPILOT
(Post 35762074)
If memory serves this flight was on a CRJ-700, always packed, and never cheap. I was dumbfounded when UA dropped it.
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IAD-AVP. I miss the TK and LH lounge experiences getting to/from AVP.
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Originally Posted by COSPILOT
(Post 35762074)
If memory serves this flight was on a CRJ-700, always packed, and never cheap. I was dumbfounded when UA dropped it.
Originally Posted by tods27
(Post 35762100)
Maybe related to government contracts and routes?
I imagine govt traffic helped this one. |
Originally Posted by EWR764
(Post 32063137)
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. |
Originally Posted by The Man in Seat 9A
(Post 35762037)
I would love to see OAK resume, even if only to DEN. This would match what Delta and American do with flights to their mid-mountain hubs. Delta is also trying to compete in OAK-LAX.
Would really like to see OAK-DEN return, or even an OAK-LAX, but not holding my breath. |
Originally Posted by WrightBro
(Post 35762509)
I just had to post to second you (three years later) on wanting an IAD -> MXP route.
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? |
EWR/IAD-ELM would help me out
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Originally Posted by UA_Flyer
(Post 35761756)
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. |
I’m surprised they haven’t tried IAH-CTG yet considering the amount of oil and gas in the area.
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