Compare any hub to hub non stop in the US (eg LAX-EWR, ORD-DFW) and you'll find similar premium pricing for J class seats as these are typically between major business centers and where the airlines FF are.
Oh and those JetBlue "suites"? They are the same seats as the old AC HD 777 J seats we all hated. Very narrow and very hard to sleep in.
Originally Posted by
YXUFlyboy
Now that U.S. airlines are catching up (and some would argue have caught up and surpassed for some products), how is AC still pricing their domestic J so high? I fly primarily domestic and trans-border, and anything YYC-YYZ is $2000-2500 one way in paid J, yet you can bid up for $400.
On routes where AC competes with UA, they drop their J to match UA's pricing (e.g., YYC-LAX or YYC-IAH) to more sensible $500-800, which they are doing because of competition. Some may say that AC has no competition in Canada, so they can charge what they want. But AC loses my business to connect to the eastern U.S. via YYZ because they want ridiculous money for paid J and they only pay out 25% miles for any Tango segment (whereas if I go through the U.S., I get 50% even on low Y fares and if I take any segment ex-YYC via the U.S. I get paid J for a reasonable price). Add in lack of consistent OSS in YYZ and there's no way I'm connecting through there without any other option. Why don't they want my money?
It would seem to me if they lowered domestic J to something more sane, they'd get more revenue and more paid pax. Is it the COS bonus they are worried about?
I don't fly enough to get much of status but I am one of those customers where my AQD would exceed the thresholds easily if they just would make it easier to fly them. On pure revenue I'm not a bad customer, but I just can't justify their crazy J fares.