Originally Posted by
CZBB
No, they love SEA. We can argue this in person if you want in a couple of weeks, but I see $93 SEA-PDX-LAS flights (2181/624 on the 7th for example), so saying it's $142 is misleading.
Which is still more expensive than the $69 nonstop. Did you find a LESS expensive fare? I will happily concede the error.
Also, let's compare one stop W.Wa -> LAS for the same time period
EAT-SEA-LAS $89
PUW-SEA-LAS $101
GEG-SEA-LAS $104
YKM-SEA-LAS $116
PSC-SEA-LAS $116
BLI-SEA-LAS $159
One of these things is not like the others: BLI has a) a nonstop at least part of the time, and b)... DL serves some of those markets (PSC-SEA, GEG-SEA, and Pasco is pretty close to YKM, enough that AS might want to match fares).
What you really want is DL to start BLI-SEA service (which they might do as long as they're flying GEG and PSC, though they need to not squash their own YVR-SEA flights). I predict if/when that happens DL will file competitive fares to LAS to help fill up planes, and AS will match.