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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 2:15 pm
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Sykes
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Originally Posted by mitchmu
So, not only are we seeing HODs and TODs but I'm also seeing very widespread and significant drop in price of Z and P, which is not dissimilar from "selling upgrades" hence my post in this thread.

Folks, this is looking like the new reality.
I think that is a pretty accurate description of the new reality, and it's pretty good news for people like me that are willing to pay a reasonable premium for a premium cabin. This new reality is also not unique to UA ... BA has a Europe-Asia fare sale right now where the base fare is around £100 in business class LHR-ICN (plus surcharges). If you have any flexibility in dates, it's pretty easy to find US-Asia in J for $3k-$4k roundtrip, and US-Europe for $2k-$3k roundtrip.
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