Originally Posted by
LuizMiranda
AS makes very little on a F ($1600 RT) and Y ($1200 RT) that's sold out for 5 months out of the year? It can't be.. they must be taking a hit for some kind of business reason (ie: competing with VX or making a bet that they'll be able to sell FLL at the same rev but for a cheaper airport, which is just not going to happen)
Oh and I just love their promo page headline.. Fort Lauderdale, "the Venice of America" --- what are they smoking.
I would be willing to bet the vast majority of those sold F fares (as opposed to the small amounts of revenue they'd get from connecting flights on AA/etc. in premium cabins) are done in conjunction with cruises-which will sell just the same out of FLL as they do in MIA. (Remember- a lot of AS's business is vacation related: Alaska cruises, Hawaii, Mexico, MIA. They probably know where their bread is buttered by now.)
And MIA is not a cheap airport. There's a reason VX chose FLL.