Top 5 Consumer Service Companies To Buy For 2015

Top 5 Consumer Service Companies To Buy For 2015: United Continental Holdings Inc.(UAL)

United Continental Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of passenger and cargo air transportation services. As of February 24, 2011, it operated a total of approximately 5,675 flights a day to 372 airports on 6 continents from their hubs in Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Guam, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Tokyo, as well as in Washington, D.C. The company was formerly known as UAL Corporation and changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc. on October 1, 2010. United Continental Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  (1) The announcement of a permanent CEO removes lingering uncertainty around the role for investors and the organization. (2) Brian MacDonald, who impressed in his short tenure as interim CEO, returns to focus on HERC which also needs strong leadership. (3) Hertz’s issues in 2014, in our view, highlight the dire need for improved revenue and yield management. Mr Tague’s background in revenue optimization at United Airlines (UAL) should be strongly suited to addressing this need. (4) John Tague’s experience with mergers is important for dealing with legacy issues around the Dollar Thrifty integration.

• [By WWW.DAILYFINANCE.COM]

  Hero Images Inc./Alamy Using a credit card to earn frequent flier miles is a popular way to get free travel. For example, I am flying to California this Thanksgiving. I was able to book my $650 roundtrip with 25,000 miles and a fee of $11.20. That means my miles were worth 2.6 cents each. Or, to put it a different way, I earned a 2.6 percent return on my credit card spending. However, which frequent flier strategy will be best for you is not always obvious. To make ! the smartest decision, you should ask yourself: On which airline should I earn my miles? For my chosen airline, which credit card should I use? Airline Choice If you are a frequent flier, then the answers may be obvious. For example, if you fly 30,000 miles a year on Delta (DAL) for work, then topping up your air miles with credit card miles makes a lot of sense. But if you don't travel a lot for business, then you should let the numbers guide your airline choice. And you really shouldn't think about a lifetime loyalty strategy. Instead, you should think about your immediate travel goal. A free trip to Hawaii? Or Europe? Or do you just want to fly home for Thanksgiving, like I did? Your answer impacts the airline that you should chose. When redeeming miles for a free trip, airlines offer multiple redemption tiers. For example, if you want a free trip in the continental United States, American Airlines (AAL) offers MileSAAver awards (25,000 miles for a round-trip ticket), but they are only available some of the time. AAnytime Awards cost 40,000 miles. That is a huge difference. A MileCard.com study showed big differences among airlines on how many miles are required, on average, to redeem for a free ticket. For example, if you want to fly to Hawaii, the average number of miles required was 65,463 at Delta vs. 82,246 at American. Here is a summary of the best airlines, and the miles required, by region. Remember, these are averages based upon historic data, and your mileage requirement may diff

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  Despite recent worries that carriers like American Airlines (AAL), Delta Air Lines (DAL) and United Continental (UAL) might be shedding their capacity discipline thanks to lower oil prices, Imperial Capital’s Bob McAdoo and Scott Buck think the reverse is actually true. Pointing to American Airlines as an example, they explain why:

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  The domestic demand environment, remains very strong with modestly increasing PRASM trends&! #8230;The! forward comments regarding PRASM is surprising to the upside. American forecast 4Q14 PRASM growth of flat to up 2% in line with Delta Air Lines. When you exclude the impact of Venezuela on American’s results, PRASM would have been up 2% to 4%, well ahead of the industry. JetBlue forecast October PRASM to increase 1% to 2%, ahead of our initial expectations and driven by a strong domestic market. United forecast 4Q14 PRASM to be down 1% to up 1%, including a 1.5 ppt headwind related to interline ticket reconciliation in 4Q13. We believe United Continental (UAL) is being conservative with their PRASM expectations and there is probably some opportunity for an upside surprise if the demand environment continues to hold steady…

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