Originally Posted by
flightlessbirds
I generally buy UA tickets internationally (or AA domestically) vs PS on us ... 2/3 of my 4x per month DH . I know what the hive mind says... yet ...
If it's my time, internationally I'll pay for UA (or BA/LH) and domestically I'll pay for AA or UA to avoid our 'free' ticket.
Not a knock on our crews, who generally I find fantastic, but our corporate mindset, anti-PS/NRSA, and poor service mindeset gets me paying for OAL paid tickets vs Online DH 60-70% of the time ... YMMV
Also full disclosure I buy enough OAL rev tickets to be LH mid-tier, AA top tier, and BA 360 tier equivalent.
Is that more about where you fly out of? ORD? I generally always buy tickets and I often check UA and AA as they're almost always cheaper. In the end, I almost always end up on us just because it's just so much more convenient flying out of DTW. I've always found our service to be pretty good, but I don't expect/want much lol.