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Old Nov 13, 2014, 5:28 am
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adambisi
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Originally Posted by Indelaware
Also... AC, DL, LX, & UA
I sampled some July dates for BOS-XXX-TLV and DL actually had some sub 1000 fares but I believe they got snatched up quick. TK's ultra-low prices tend to disappear from Memorial Day to Late August.


Originally Posted by Indelaware
Not at all surprising. Airlines think in terms of hubs, despite what their marketing people say. AUA is likely low CPM for US. And passengers love B6. Use the plane elsewhere or park it - fly the people through PHL, CLT, or MIA. US/AA doesn't operate AUA-JFK nor, obviously, AUA-AUA (at least not scheduled)
But US runs BOS-CUN/MBJ and competes with B6 and DL (on CUN). Though they both are a bit shorter (400 miles), they have to be lower yielding than AUA. US also does BOS-PLS which caters to a higher yielding crowd and is 700 miles shorter than BOS-AUA.
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