Originally Posted by
MrIncredible
Actually yes. With 10 first class seats you have 1K members coming back for more. Mileage plus members can’t stand the 145 or 200. Instead of losing valuable customers to Delta cause they barely have any 50 seaters left. The 550 is the new 50 seater. Keeping valuable customers is profitable
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That's not really how it works.
The overwhelming majority of 1Ks are getting complementary upgrades. Sure, some on are paid tickets but the majority of corporations no longer have business class travel for most of their workers, especially on lengths a 550 would operate.
The CASM for the 550 is astronomical, and the premium seats are, by and large, not being paid for.
The airplane is a scope-buster, and nothing more. The better question is, does United care if the 550 is or isn't profitable, if the alternative is losing those passengers to another carrier?
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