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Old Apr 19, 2017 | 6:48 pm
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Originally Posted by YXUFlyboy
It probably depends on the flight. I know on a recent YYC-YYZ transcon I flew, 1/3 of the seats were empty in J 48 hours before the flight. When the flight boarded, J was full. Guessing most of those were upgrades. But I suspect you guys will know more than I would.
With public upgrade lists, it's now very easy to see who used eUpgrades.

Originally Posted by SKYEG
DL has tons of $550-$600 R/T fare YYC-SEA/SLC/MSP-LAX and the cheapest I see with AC is always $1850 R/T Non stop or through YVR.
I need to book SFO-BWI.

On DL, it's $400 for Y or $600 for J.

But a J seat takes up twice the real estate as a Y seat.

So how is it even remotely sensible for them to charge these prices? At $800, they're not covering the food/drink I'll consume. They'd need to charge at least $850 to make it worthwhile over just replacing J with Y.
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