Originally Posted by
steve64
From my perspective, it appears as if they've been raising the fares through IAH.
Anytime that I've tried booking PHX to DFW or AUS, the IAH connections, which I've been doing for years, area all at the bottom and priced $200-300 higher than other options. Most run through DEN but I also get LAX and SFO connections at at cheaper fare (and an RJ from the west coast to DFW
).
Happening once or twice, I assumed it was the luck of the draw and that the lowest fare buckets had already been sold on the IAH flights. But it seems to be consistant.
I wonder if maybe they're trying to force some traffic thru less congested hubs and/or leave IAH open for more long haul traffic ?
Or is it as simple as CO pricing itself higher than UA ?
I look forward to when there is some price stability across the network. If you look for a flight on CO.com you are sometimes hard pressed to find a CO option that is not $300-500 more than the UA options. I have heard others have the reverse experiences on .bomb
Also CO notoriously forces you to buy expensive fares on short hauls but they are up in B, for instance I purchased PHL-EWR-IAD a year ago (Yes, big mistake), however eventhough the price was through the roof I received 150% eqm's and 1.5pts. However just recently I purchased PHL-IAD on UA for roughly the same price and it was only booked into E. Yes yes I know we've gone round and round about B fares but I would just like some stabilization between both carriers.