Originally Posted by
Often1
This is an IM, not an SDC issue. The use of fare basis as a delimiter for SDC is a means of protecting the flexible brand and of preventing "gaming".
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Most airlines and most analysts long ago recognized that the priority is to prevent seats from going out empty. An outgoing empty seat represents a classic lost economic opportunity. That's a major, if not overwhelming input to the whole airline pricing algorithm. In my "usual" routings, the typical walk-up fare is ~ $200; the fact that some airlines (not always DL) try to charge an effective total of over $500 to make changes, or to buy a flexible fare, just shows how gullible some buyers can be. I may have mentioned this elsewhere, but UA seems to bring fare buckets into the equation as a "delimiter (more like a constraint) to SDC" without pi$$ing everyone off.
Originally Posted by
Harlem
My point is that for me Delta doesn't even have an SDC policy. There "policy" has so many restrictions that I can't use it.
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DL does not even have SDC anymore. It's SDR/FB/C.
