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Old Feb 24, 2015 | 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by mdspadeccom
There have been many postings to Flyertalk concerning the fact that United (and all other airlines) price by the market rather than the distance travelled. I just ran across some extreme examples.

Take the trip SEA/VCE/ground/FCO/SEA. United offers many different routings, but right now for a trip leaving at the end of March, lasting two weeks, the lowest business fare is $6453.

Now look at the trip YVR/VCE/ground/FCO/YVR. Again there are many routings, but the lowest business fare for the same dates is $2897! The many thousand dollar fare difference has been present for several months now.

It is hard for me to imagine the market forces that can sustain such an extreme price differential from departure airports that are only 150 miles apart.

There are many other similar examples to other destinations. In all cases I have found YVR is the low ball starting point when compared with SEA or SFO.
YVR is a smaller market with competing carriers = lower prices. BA, Lufthansa, KLM, Air Canada, and soon Air France serve most European destinations from YVR, which is half the population of SEA, and one fifth of the Bay Area.
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