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mmmmm_pi t1_isye9qy wrote

Reply to comment by cyberentomology in [OC] Where did it come from, where did it go? United Airlines 22Q3 Financials by cyberentomology

You're totally crushing these sankey diagrams. Thanks for making them.

As you prepared this, did you get a sense of what made up the "Other/Special" expense category? That could of course be anything and is so wonderfully vague.

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cyberentomology OP t1_isyerkj wrote

The quarterly report didn’t really get into it much, but Other (income) is usually where things like loyalty programs, credit cards, commissions, etc come in (at least the parts that aren’t specifically related to travel redemptions). Delta gets into much more detail, perhaps United will do so in their annual report.

Other (expenses) is stuff like crew hotels and ground transportation, aircraft catering, etc.

Sankey diagrams are kind of low-effort, but they’re very well suited to things that flow, like rivers, and money.

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cyberentomology OP t1_isyf58g wrote

American actually does a pretty nice summary sheet: https://imgur.com/a/lXdWfMu

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mmmmm_pi t1_isyrjhm wrote

Thanks for pulling that up! Way above and beyond any expectations I had to answer a stranger's questions.

Surprising to see "crew hotels" plus things like catering and ground handling fall under this category. I realize hotels aren't a direct part of compensation, but it's such a meaningful operating expense that I would have expected it to get broken out, like some category of "Flight Support Operations" or some such thing.

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cyberentomology OP t1_isyw6sq wrote

I’m sure the accountants have their reasons… and they probably don’t make any sense to us plebs.

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