Ok, new route here: Why has SFO-IAH pricing gone up so much? It used to be that for a 3 night midweek trip you could get a non-stop coach ticket for around $500. Now it is $1300 if you depart on a Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday. Drops to $381 for a Saturday departure.
Is this simply a case of the traffic flying on OPM and UA [ahem] "messes" with the business travelers? With much of IAH traffic being oil related and the oil business being in a long slump and focus shifting to travel spend, is UA actively trying to push long-term UA flyers to switch to Southwest and fly to HOU instead? Or is there some trick in the fare rules that I haven't figured out?
Last edited by jtet; Mar 24, 2016 at 12:18 pm
Reason: Added detail about pricing being for coach, not first class.