Originally Posted by
mduell
I'm sort of amazed at all the claims that fares previously were the same price all the time for every flight all day, and now those are the BE fares. I've never seen such fare consistency flight to flight or day to day as people are claiming existed.
I mean, in this case it's actually pretty clear. In most markets, UA has chosen to file basic economy fares by taking an existing fare (e.g.
KAA2AREN), and changing it to a BE fare (
KAA2ARBN). They then re-file
KAA2AREN at an amount equal to the original fare plus the differential. They even file
KAA2ARDN at the original price point (standard Economy valid until BE travel starts) just to make the point.
A few markets (ORD-MSP, LAX-MSP, IAH-MSY have been reported) instead add a new -BN fare by subtracting the differential from the existing fare and filing that.