Originally Posted by
ridefar
LOL. If you are consuming more than $200 USD in alcohol and food on a flight (at cost) you will be in the hospital in BWI getting treated for alcohol poisoning, not in your meeting.
Having said that, you are right. That is exactly the cost difference I see a lot on UA and DL. Not as a LMU, but at time of purchase. So what do I do? Book on Concur at the corporate rate and then call in and pay for the upgrade 5 minutes later. For me, it is a no brainer.
No no no. Not $200 in alcohol.
The J seat takes up twice the space of a Y seat, so they need to charge twice the price to break even. At $800, they have not covered ANY food or drink. So at $800, if I have ONE drink, they've lost out over just having more Y seats.