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Old Apr 30, 2014 | 1:07 pm
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Originally Posted by BH62
Was looking up C (J, Biz, etc) fares & noticed an apparent $$/mileage disparity, at least within the past couple of days:
SEA-SYD RT is approx 16,000 miles, fare was roughly $12,000
SEA-SIN RT also approx 16,000 miles, fare roughly $6,000
Pursued this a bit more on the DL website; numbers were approx the same

Huh? Isolated case?
It's about competition and not about distance.

I can pay $300-400 to fly to LA or $1,000+ to fly to DET/CVG.
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