Originally Posted by
rylan
At first glance, there is a lot of 'blue' where price decreases and only 2 'gray' where it goes up (peak domestic US Y and F).]
It only appears that way because the Level 2 and Level 4 columns are white -- they really should be grey.
Originally Posted by
rylan
The big question is how availability will be in the tiers... for example will level 2 be the new 'low' and level 5 the new 'mid'? Or will there be enough availability?
3 will be the new low.
'Saver', 'Standard' and 'Peak' are pretty self-explanatory terms. I see no reason to believe that "Level 1" will work like "Saver" fares, nor do I see any reason to believe that Level 1, 2 and 3 fares will available for all destinations. For example, MCO and MIA might never drop below a 'Level 4'.
Heck, "Level 1" might indicate that the destination is in a declared war zone (or Detroit). "Level 2" might only be for one-way flights into *BUF* during January. (Flights *from* BUF in January will obviously be "Level 5" in January, and probably "Level 4" the other 11 months of the year.)