Originally Posted by
MikeBOS
Unfortunately on BOS-SFO the one-way F fares are in the range of $1600 (discounted) to $2200 (refundable), with coach in the $250 range and MCS around $700. MCS is not worth $450 if you can get the exit row in front of it (IMHO), and the premium for F is very large (well over $1000 each way).
I was kind of surprised by this, but when I checked the prices, the cheapest SFO-BOS F seat I could find was $1500, and most were more.
The reason this surprised me is when I was looking a different transcon flight (SFO-FLL) it was possible to get F seats for $800. In this case the difference between booking F and booking MC and buying an upgrade is minimal (since the upgrade would be $400) and mostly offset by the fact that you don't get points for the upgrade fee (10 pts per $ = 22% back in points)
I wonder why the SFO-BOS flight is so much more expensive. I assume that there must be higher demand and/or less competition for that route?