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United stops flying to Brussels?????

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Hi guys,
<BR>
<BR>I picked up the rumour that UA wants to cut drastically into it´s European network.
<BR>Part of the rumour was that UA wants to stop it´s 2 BRU flights (San Diego-Washington and San Francisco-London Heathrow).
<BR>
<BR>Source: press <!-- BBCode Start --><A HREF="http://www.airliners.net/discussions/ge ... n/1011587/" TARGET="_blank">here</A><!-- BBCode End -->.
<BR>
<BR>Anyone with official news about this?
<BR>
<BR>Thanks
<BR>Frederic<BR><BR>[ This message was edited by: Sabena_690 on 26-01-2003 15:54 ]
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all I know is that both flts ex bru are doing good on cargo (especially 951/iad). The pax loads are quite good on this same flt. I was even told by ua cargo people that bru is one of the few ua-stations with a 100% CARGO load.
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I doesnt look good.
<BR>
<BR>UA is advertising $ 186 round trip fares to BRU & AMS for many East Coast cities. UA can not be making money on this flights..
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<BR>airDD

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Hi AirDD,
<BR>
<BR>Only $186?
<BR>
<BR>If I check their fares to IAD etc, I don´t get it below $450...
<BR>
<BR>Anyway, UA almost always has very cheap promo´s via the website of <!-- BBCode Start --><A HREF="http://www.connections.be" TARGET="_blank">Connections</A><!-- BBCode End -->.
<BR>
<BR>But their load factors seem to be good (although it isn´t difficult with such cheap fares, I wonder how low the yield is...). If you check their fares, you can select your seats. If you do this, you see the seats that are still available,and mostly almost the whole cabin is sold out...
<BR>
<BR>Regards
<BR>Frederic
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Frederic,
<BR>
<BR>Every week UA sends out an email with discounted fares for the following week. Every time you see a Long haul destination under $ 200, you can be sure the plane is not filled <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_frown.gif">
<BR>
<BR>Anyway, hope UA stays around, BRU can´t lose any Long hauls anymore...
<BR>
<BR>airDD
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Hi AirDD,
<BR>
<BR>Can everyone get such an email?
<BR>
<BR>I tried to subscribe me already several times, but never got a mail...
<BR>
<BR>Thanks
<BR>Frederic
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Frederic,
<BR>
<BR>Je kan die emails ontvangen als je lid ben van MileagePlus.
<BR>
<BR>Groetjes,
<BR>
<BR>airDD
<BR>
<BR>*translation*
<BR>
<BR>Frederic,
<BR>
<BR>You can get those emails if you are a MileagePlus member (the FF program of United).
<BR>
<BR>Regards
<BR>Air DD<BR><BR>[ This message was edited by: Sabena_690 on 03-02-2003 19:14 ]

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Hi AirDD,
<BR>
<BR>Thanks a lot!
<BR>
<BR>Sad that they don´t send those emails to non-mileage plus members...
<BR>
<BR>Can Miles&More members get those emails also?
<BR>
<BR>BTW: nice to see that you live so close to the airline graveyards <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_biggrin.gif">
<BR>
<BR>Thanks
<BR>Frederic
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Hi Fred,
<BR>
<BR>I think the email points to a page on the UA website with the same information. I will check next time I get the email.
<BR>
<BR>I have never been to the plane graveyard <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_smile.gif">
<BR>
<BR>airDD

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Thanks a lot, AirDD!
<BR>
<BR>I was browsing on the United site yesterday, and saw such a page with promo´s under the 200$. They were only one-way, and only from America to xxx. No promo´s from Belgium to America <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_frown.gif">
<BR>
<BR>Never visited the airline graveyards? <IMG SRC="images/forum/icons/icon_eek.gif">
<BR>
<BR>Regards
<BR>Frederic
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<BR>Frederic,
<BR>
<BR>Here below is the weekly email from UA with the cheap international fares.
<BR>Atlantic fares are cheap ! JFK-LHR $ 199; LAX-BRU $ 279
<BR>
<BR>airDD
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Wow, those are really enormous bargains...
<BR>
<BR>Thanks a lot, AirDD!
<BR>
<BR>Regards
<BR>Frederic
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