Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Mostly living in the basement
Programs: Newly minted free agent; MR LT(!)TE, HH SE, BA SECM, DL MM, UA PS, 2V Fanboi, CBP GE
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When DL pulled BE from JFK-SEA, I remember looking at the passenger numbers and seeing that BOS-SFO and BOS-LAX were more likely to be able to support premium demand than JFK-SEA, but only to the tune of around 1 flight per day per route. Based on that, I don't think the market will support both B6 and DL, and unless DL wants to get into a capacity dumping fare war to try to push B6 off the route it seems unlikely DL will expand premium TCON service to these routes.
Put another way, these markets look good to B6 at $599 - $1099 per seat. I don't think they look as good to DL at those prices.