Originally Posted by
bluedemon211
Used an instrument to UG to J and cleared for SFO-HKG. At check in I was offered a $1,379 fee to UG to F. A little steep IMHO. Had the offer been $500-600, I would have bit. They ended up filling the cabin with NRSA (granted my assumption, but ALL their names appeared on stand by and both UG lists). I'm not sure the price they pay for that seat, but I doubt it's $600. Missed opportunity to generate revenue for UA.
Good on UA for maintaining some kind of pricing integrity. I don't think I've ever seen an intl F buy up (from J) for less than $1,100 with the exception of HKG-SIN. I wouldn't be too happy paying a $4k premium over J to book into F in advance only to have UA sell it out for $600 as a TOD. I suppose the same argument could be made for domestic buy ups, but most F TOD's aren't sold at a $3,500 discount from the A/P fares.