Originally Posted by
jrl767
that paradigm may work FOR THE INSTANT CASE, the flight in question ... but who's to say that you're the more valuable customer from a macro (annual revenue) perspective?
further, while your B fare may be DTW-RDU, the other guy's X fare may be NRT-DTW-RDU ... without knowing the actual value of the tickets, you can't (well, shouldn't) make that kind of one-size-fits-all generalization
Also the fare class is often totally random. If they are selling an S fare when I go to buy my ticket then I'm buying an S fare. If they are selling an M fare I'm buying an M fare, as so on. Delta can't incentivize me to buy an M fare when there is an S fare available. Concur wouldn't even show me the M fare. For F I put up with that since they have to make distinctions somewhere. But for C+ it isn't enough of a difference for that to come in to play. Just give me access when I get the tickets.