Originally Posted by
Zeeb
As somebody whose work travel policies require the purchase of coach seats on domestic flights all this first class monetization already hurts me and I'd hate to see it go another step. I can't buy first, so the chance at an upgrade drives me to purchase Delta! If they succeed in selling out first on every flight then I might as well just become a mercenary. Upgrades do drive a lot of marginal revenue Delta's way.
Yep - that was what I was getting at with the MBA line.
I would not be surprised at all if DL is intentionally pricing FC fares high enough so they do NOT sell out, so that they can offer the right # of UGs to elites who have chosen to purchase DL Y over OAL Y.
I have to believe that in general, DL's RM dept knows exactly where it needs to price things in order to sell just the right # of seats in each cabin. Whether that is at 100% or not is a different story.