Originally Posted by
channa
Just because CO has an explanation for it, and you seem to buy it, doesn't mean the rest of the Elite population does. Just like my insurance company always has a reason for a claim denial. I don't always buy that either, though they believe they're playing by the rules.
Are you really suggesting here that CO offering Y/B/M-Upgrades is not within the rules??? I'd love to hear the explanation of that one.
My point re the Silver elite was that a Silver elite would actually be paying rather more than the Platinum for the F seat. Given that the OP is talking about IAH-CLE the difference between the M and B is about $150. From H up to M is similarly over $100 one way. It simply isn't "tens of dollars" that is being talked about.
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Flexible Fare Search -- IAH-CLE roundtrp for date range Oct-Apr on carrier CO -- Continental Airlines
Carrier|From |To |FareBasis |Fare |Min |Max |Adv. Purch|Earliest |Latest |
CO |IAH |CLE |VR143ZN |USD$ 375 |seerul| |14days | | |
CO |IAH |CLE |QR143ZN |USD$ 404 |seerul| |14days | | |
CO |IAH |CLE |HR103ZN |USD$ 506 |seerul| |10days | | |
CO |IAH |CLE |MR73ZN |USD$ 731 |seerul| |7days | | |
CO |IAH |CLE |BL |USD$ 1022 | | |seerules | | |
CO |IAH |CLE |BCOUP1 |USD$ 1126 | | |seerules | | |
CO |IAH |CLE |D1 |USD$ 1220 | | |seerules | | |
CO |IAH |CLE |Y8 |USD$ 1825 | | |seerules | | |
CO |IAH |CLE |F1 |USD$ 1970 | | |seerules | | |
CO |IAH |CLE |Y |USD$ 2710 | | |seerules | | |
CO |IAH |CLE |F |USD$ 3804 | | |seerules | | |
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And I'll continue to express my surprise that CO's implementation of a change that you were quite in favor of - no change fee for upping the fare basis for an upgrade - is one that you are so opposed to now that it actually has happened.
Originally Posted by
njcommodore
Couldn't the price between M/B for non-plat or H/M for plat be "tens of dollars"?
In some cases, sure. Doesn't appear to be at all the case in this one.
ETA: Let us also not forget that pricing is very much market specific so it is possible that there are plenty of B fares that would use the same IAH-CLE flight where the overall amount paid is actually near the same as the M fare on the non-stop. Certainly that is also a travesty that must be fixed, too, right?