Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
To me it doesn't make sense not to give elites discounts on the "buy up" offers. If a DM pays $29, DL gains $29, but if a kettle pays $29, DL is likely to only gain at most $4 if the person is checking a bag or even, depending on the route and number of bags,, DL can lose money on the bag fees.
Down in that price range, I have to suspect that the incremental price is a secondary or tertiary consideration to Va Ave.
The primary issue has to be saving face on Wall St and satisfying the 70% paid FC ego promise.
Perhaps the secondary consideration is the thought of hooking another newbie on the FC drug in order to increase future competition for FC, thus incentivizing the customers to do even more financially silly things to get there.