Originally Posted by
Blind Squirrel
...and for consistency's sake we opted to list the cheapest of the range.
Which is fine except that when the range is quite broad, say $9 to $149 for UA E+, seeing $9 there isn't actually all that useful for comparing numbers, even with the extra text in the mouseover.
Originally Posted by
Blind Squirrel
And as far as WN, there is no "fee" for standby. With many airlines, there is the fare difference that is charged, but there is also typically a standard fee regardless of the fare difference.
Not really. The airlines that let you standby for a fee generally don't also charge the fare difference. I cannot think of any that do, actually. The odds of being able to walk up to a WN gate and get on an earlier flight for no cash out of pocket are pretty low in most cases. Perhaps a * or some verbiage to explain that would suffice. The WN policy is definitely different from most other carriers. But there are often still costs associated with taking a different flight.
Ditto for suggesting that the $10 pre-boarding fee on WN is akin to an assigned seat (but somehow not an assigned exit row seat).
CO's exit rows do have a charge since those are also their ELR seats. And most of their bulkheads are ELR seats now as well.
And they have Stirrings cocktails now that they charge $9 for ($6 for the booze and $3 for the mixer).
The US entry for pets in cabin has a note about pets in the hold and conflicting information on the pets in the hold section.