They're selling a lot of tickets. The web site is down on its knees, crawling for mercy. Yes, before you make a snotty comment, it's far worse than normal!!
Is This The Fire Sale?
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I'll bet a lot of the internet bookers have zero idea of the death spiral U is in. They just see a sub-busfare price and click it. A few might be taking the chance that other airlines will honor U tickets after the shutdown.
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(I just saw the full-page ad in USA Today this morning (free at the hotel - I am a pilot, after all) ROTF....whew! Nice to find at least one thing to smile about. It feels like the Industry is about to go through the loss of Braniff/Eastern/ and Pan Am all over again. The best to everyone at US.BoeingBoy said:
NeedForSpeedNFS
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Well said, JimBoeingBoy said:
More posters to these boards need to have that attitude and LIGHTEN UP!!!! There IS life after USAIRWAYS!!! BoeingBoy said:
I'm with you! If you cant keep a sense of humor in this industry, its time to leave for the sake of one's health.
I'm just wondering when gravity will quit working during our (UAL) downward spiral.
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767, if I could add to your post.... knowing that I will soon be persuing another endeavor, I can tell you my outlook is MUCH more positive!!! There is life after this industry, whether your from U, UAL, AA,Delta, CO, whoever!!ua767fo said:
Positive attitude, and keep driving, good luck to you!! GOOD DAY!!!!WN may have started the sale, but when US matched, they did so to lots of non-WN cities. Fares from the east coast to lots of Air Midwest cities in Kansas were $158+. My Grandma lives in Hays (HYS), KS, and I have never seen a base fare so low for WAS-HYS. Lowest is 188+ on a quick sale, which is rare, as I expect fares on this route to be over $200 most of the time. To me that sounds like a going out of business sale. But then again, every other airline matched it. I took advantage of the sale to book Thanksgiving trips for myself and family. 4 tickets on YX, one on US. Maybe the point of the sale was to get other airlines to match, allowing all the cheapskates like me to book on them and take up their inventory, leaving US able to sell tickets at close to profitable fares. lol
Maybe the point of the sale was to get other airlines to match, allowing all the cheapskates like me to book on them and take up their inventory, leaving US able to sell tickets at close to profitable fares. lolwhlinder said:
Perhaps others, like me, had given up on trying to buy tickets online yesterday. Between two different sessions, I wasted almost two hours total trying to buy a ticket, getting to the last screen several times when I got the error/busy message. I hadn't bought a ticket over the phone for a couple years, but I finally had to do it last night. If I'd been able to buy the ticket I needed online, I might have gone on to book some more for later on, but I was just worn down.
