Originally Posted by spin88

I just have to laugh given the back and forth on upsells and UAs strategy. Two data points, all from the last 15 minutes.

(1) booking SFO-PHL-SFO for 5/15-5/17. Got offered "special only now" buy up offer at ticketing. $399 SFO-PHL, $379 PHL-SFO. 20 minutes later (after it actually tickets) I click though seats and faster than you can say "blue light special" the "special, buy it now "only one seat left" offers are $380 SFO-PHL, and $280 PHL-SFO.

(2) booked SFO-SEA for 5/6 (so am in the upgrade window, no R though). Offered upsell at purchase for $279. Then 10 minutes later (this one ticketed fast) it was $166 when I clicked though seat selection.

It just makes me wonder how dumb the folks who invented this scheme all think we are...