Originally Posted by
Bluewaffle
Also taking economy seats out of the 319 and 320 and replacing them with premium seats. Here’s your SMNB. Clever way around current scope language, I’d say.
Originally Posted by
Floyd
I'd love to see the CASM for these things.
Originally Posted by
N6279P
More premium seats attract more money. Do you know much about revenue management?
Originally Posted by
viperhawgdriver
It’ll be mostly free upgrades anyway. Doubt it’s an undiscovered revenue source that only Kirby thought of. Face it, he’s desperate and this is the only move he’s got.
Originally Posted by
RJDio
Keenly aware. So you eliminate 20 total seats and in the process add 4 premium seats. So now you make an inefficient airplane even more so (CASM).
How many of those extra 4 premium seats will be free upgrades? Only management will know the true gains (monetarily) or lack there of in the end.
I don't think they're going to be using these airframes on ORD-GRR. They're going to use them on business heavy markets where people (companies) actually pay up for a premium seat. Don't forget, it's not just the CRJ550. United is making a system wide push to add more premium seats. They're reducing seat counts/increasing premium seating on767-300's and
ALL 319/320's
https://thepointsguy.com/news/united-crj550/
So far, the airline only confirmed that it’ll fly between Chicago (ORD) and Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas (XNA).
United is apparently losing out on business from Walmart employees and suppliers looking to fly in premium cabins — with more first-class seats on the way, XNA flyers will have an easier time booking premium-cabin United travel between Arkansas and Asia.