Interview with Janet Lamkin, UA President of California
Mar 7, 2019, 10:53 pm
#17
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Oakland CA
Programs: DL Gold, AS MVPG, Globalist
Posts: 1,008
I’d use a bus OAK-SFO. BART can be pretty rough, especially at night. Earlier this week I was verbally accosted by some dude who was extremely high and wanted to get to a girl who was next to me. She didn’t know him and very clearly wanted to be left alone, so I stayed put and told him to get off the train ( which he eventually did ). But yeah BART can be a pretty unpleasant experience.
Mar 7, 2019, 11:59 pm
#18
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: EWR, PHL
Programs: UA1k 3MM, AA Plt, peasant on everybody else, elite something or other at a bunch of hotels.
Posts: 4,637
https://crankyflier.com/2019/03/07/t...of-california/
- want more underserved / unserved markets from LAX
- want more underserved / unserved markets from LAX
Mar 8, 2019, 12:04 am
#19
Join Date: Oct 2007
Programs: UA 1K 1MM / AA PP, Marriott Lifetime Gold
Posts: 949
Hmmm don't get the reference, didn't join FT till a few years later... you (they!) may know UA served LAX-HKG for at least a year or two 1999-2001 where flights 1 and 2 went RTW via IAD-LAX-HKG-DEL-LHR-IAD and reverse with 744s all the way. I was working on the ramp at the time and I think they ax'd it not long after 9/11 if my memory serves me correctly.
Mar 8, 2019, 12:07 am
#20
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: TPE, SF, DC
Programs: UA Lifetime GS 4mm
Posts: 891
There was a time this was the most contested single airline route in the world in terms of number of airlines flying it - including United.
Between a few dropping out (incl UA) and mergers, it's now down to only 4 airlines flying it (AA, AS, DL, WN), which is still a reasonable number, but I personally would love to see it come back on UA if only to increase the number of options for 1-stop connections out of the south bay.
Between a few dropping out (incl UA) and mergers, it's now down to only 4 airlines flying it (AA, AS, DL, WN), which is still a reasonable number, but I personally would love to see it come back on UA if only to increase the number of options for 1-stop connections out of the south bay.
Mar 8, 2019, 10:36 am
#22
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: TOA
Programs: HH Diamond, Marriott LTPP/Platinum Premier, Hyatt Lame-ist, UA !K
Posts: 20,061
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