Originally Posted by
humanoid94
One thing I have noticed is that Delta dramatically increased their last minute fares. For as long as I can remember, you could buy a ticket a day or so before departure for mid 300's in Q, now it looks like the cheapest is nearly 800 in M. It also looks like Delta has put a Saturday night stay requirement, so now that blows up a ticket to mid 400's.
Delta does seem to have managed to prop up fares and keep them higher for those who cannot plan 14-21+ days compared to other US airlines. Fortunately other airlines -- like AA -- have decided to be more creative with the fare pricing in the 3-14 day window such that consumers can manage to get better deals in that narrower window than was the case a couple of years ago as long as the customers are flexible.