Originally Posted by
njcommodore
edit: I stand corrected. That $260 is the fare difference for an F seat. This is totally separate from the buy-up, but I agree with sbm12 that this is very shady, and a possible end around the "rule" we were told that the day of departure buy ups would only be offered once all elites were accounted for.
It's not an end run around the rule because CO is not offering a 'Day of Departure' buy up. They are offering what they always have - you can pay the fare difference between Y and F and get a F seat.
They may be more up front about it and pushing it more, and the delta between Y and F may be shrinking, but there's no shenanigans going on.
David