UA Cutting ORD-SNA Flights to 2 a Day
Oct 20, 2011, 6:29 pm
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UA Cutting ORD-SNA Flights to 2 a Day
According to .bomb, starting in November there will be only 2 UA metal nonstops between SNA and ORD. The last flight out of SNA, and first flight out of ORD each day will be CO metal (they never had nonstops before), and the prices for those flights are OUTRAGEOUS. $800+ each way, for every date in November I checked. Anyone know what's up with that? Anyone think people will pay that when AA is still $250-$300?
Oct 20, 2011, 6:41 pm
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the ord-sna cuts seem to be happening with regularity. not sure why...they all seem to be close to capacity. AA's dropped flights as well...a year or two ago. it might be a seasonal change...hopefully...
Oct 20, 2011, 6:42 pm
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Title is a bit misleading - there are still three ORD-SNA roundtrips, one is just operated by CO starting in November.
Oct 20, 2011, 7:03 pm
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They've also figured out folks will pay a premium to fly into SNA....sucks for those who aren't stockholders...
Oct 20, 2011, 7:03 pm
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This seems to be happening on a lot of routes that previously had several UA flights, but none on CO metal. Perhaps they're better balancing their fleets in some way through these flight swaps. It also may be that this is an easy way for each brand to expand its apparent reach with flyers who still prefer their native metal.
Oct 20, 2011, 7:05 pm
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But EVERY fare code zeroed out all month except F and Y all month?
Oct 20, 2011, 7:08 pm
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Oct 20, 2011, 7:18 pm
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Oct 20, 2011, 7:35 pm
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I have noticed the Y/B-only fare classes showing up on some CO flights that adopt PMUA routes. They usually correct it quickly and open up the appropriate buckets. If you really need that CO flight, just wait a couple days and more classes will appear.
Oct 20, 2011, 7:50 pm
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Oct 20, 2011, 7:57 pm
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Oct 20, 2011, 7:58 pm
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Oct 21, 2011, 3:12 pm
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According to .bomb, starting in November there will be only 2 UA metal nonstops between SNA and ORD. The last flight out of SNA, and first flight out of ORD each day will be CO metal (they never had nonstops before), and the prices for those flights are OUTRAGEOUS. $800+ each way, for every date in November I checked. Anyone know what's up with that? Anyone think people will pay that when AA is still $250-$300?
and with the merger, you're going to see UA flights operated by CO. so no surprise there either.
Oct 21, 2011, 4:44 pm
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Not too long ago there was a 6am, 8am, 11am, and 2pm. And let's not forget SNA-LAX! 
