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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 3:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Kacee
Perhaps you've forgotten the sub-$200 t-cons when VX started flying SFO-EWR.
No I am not.

But there is a big difference between the two.
(a) SFO-EWR was a monopoly for UA+CO combined. VX made it not a monopoly. UA wanted to drive VX out, bad. SFO-Islands is nowhere near a monopoly and its not the same situation.

(b) The scale of capacity is different. It's a once daily service (or less).
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