I second the notion. I prefer UA 'cause they always get me home. And no, I never get upgraded. If you are travelling any sort of distance, i.e bi-coastal, UA gives you multiple options. Handy in case of weather/security breaches affecting parts of of the world. i.e. ATL/NYC/WAS -> YVR, through ORD, DEN, YYZ, ORD/SEA, DEN/SEA, SFO, YUL NW provides a reasonable compliment with MSP/DTW AA's DFW doesn't compliment ORD all that well. HP's PHX doesn't have a compliment DL is not well represented on the west coast, esp. out of SLC US is definitely not well represented on the west coast CO's IAH is too far south AC's YYZ doesn't have a compliment out west Of course, (one of) UA's current problem is that 'biz fares = leisure fares, yet they still put out biz features. But we digress... On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 12:13 PM, Bahadir Acuner wrote: > I really do not mind paying extra for the assigned seats (WN doesn't > have > this), a bit better service (WN, JetBlue, etc. doesn't have this). > Miles and alliances are important for me, I love flying UA with > EconPLus , > which I don't mind paying more for, and get on Air Canada to YUL. I > love > having options in terms of taking flights through ORD, YUL, YVR , > because if > one hub goes down because of wx, traffic or whatever, I can connect > through > another hub. (BTW, UA provides the best option in terms of this as I > can > connect through DEN if ORD is down, or vice versa. Even connecting > trhough > SFO is an option in my case). > > Airlines like America West or AirTran will always win my business > thanks to > their first class seating, milage programs, their cap on the last > minute > fares and assigned seats. You will never see me on ATA due to their > poor > service, or Southwest due them being the GReyhound with wings hurding > the > pax to the airplanes. And accoring to that press release Alaska is a > major > carrier who screws up their customers, which is not. > > You will never see me on Delta as they screw their customers in terms > of > milage plan, $5 for the headset that is operated by the technology from > daVinci days. > > > There is room for the major airlines. The problem they have is with > their > cost structure. The problem with the press articles like this is that > a lot > of people want $99 one way fares, but they also want the F class > treatment. > > BAHA > Fan of commuting to YUL and having a ball at Crescent St. > Not a fan of hot and humid YUL days and being stuck in windowless room > with > almost no AC in downtown Montreal >