Originally Posted by
rylan
The high end users on that route are more likely to have corporate J discounts, which are the ones that DL cares about. I guess they weighed the cost of pissing off elites vs selling more heavily discounted J seats on corp contracts and we see where it went.
I wonder if the Delta cheerleaders consider people on a discounted Corporate fare to be a "moocher" since they aren't paying full fare to be up front?
If the front cabin goes out with more non-revs than paid passengers, I wonder if Delta will start discounting those routes more up front.
Or if American continues to upgrade theirs EP's on this route post merger and Delta diamonds jump ship to American if they will reverse this policy. Two people in my BUR office say they are jumping ship to AA next year over just the LAX/JFK route no longer being upgradeable (they fly this flight 12 to 15 times a year) and both of them take a lot more trips on Delta than that route. And if they are flying international the flagship lounge available to EP's is suppose to be really nice at LAX. Free premium liquor and hot food as opposed to paying for anything drinkable and cookies at LAX SC. Even if AA eliminates free upgrades on that route, they figure on the times they have to pay first or when they fly international in Y, they will get treated a lot better by AA