Originally Posted by BackOfTheBus

Ok, here is my problem with the pizza and flowers and half-empty planes to saturate Alaska's domestic destinations from SEA: Someone has to pay for it. The money to wage this war of destruction against AS is bankrolled by Delta passengers - getting screwed out of their SkyPesos both on earning (on cheap fares) and redemption (for coach and first/biz); getting screwed by the BIG FOUR (WN/AA/DL/UA) on many airfares that are frankly insane this year. The lowest fares from the East Coast to the West Coast have ticket up a good $50-100 rt this summer compared to last... Similar on shorter hops up and down the East Coast. ...