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Old Jan 13, 2011 | 11:38 pm
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Originally Posted by docbert
People that want to save $1600 or more?

Intro fares on SYD-DFW are $998 in Economy, $2598 in Premium Economy. Whilst I don't doubt that some people will elect to pay the extra, the actual existence of PE (which QF has already been selling to the US for a long time) isn't going to be the primary driver for UA doing something more on the 747s.
I hope they raise fares pretty soon if they want to make any money. By flying to Dallas, haven't they basically cut their useful load by ~20,000 pounds?

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