Originally Posted by
jsloan
Interestingly, whereas when this was first introduced, the BE fares went all the way up to Y; for example, that same 5/18 date for MSP-DEN, using a ticketing date of 3/16, shows BAA0AFBN (a $5 discount to BAA0AFEY) and YAA0AFBN (A $35 discount to YUA; YAA0AFEY doesn't seem to exist). If I change the ticketing date back to today, the highest BE fare is MAA7AKBN, a $15 discount to MAA7AKEN. In fact, none of the refundable fares in that market currently have a BE equivalent. I wonder if this is a response to some negative feedback? (It definitely contradicts their original statement that BE fares wouldn't be capacity-controlled, but I doubt anyone's going to shed tears over this).
For now they still have them filed, but they are a round-trip basis and probably won't price since they're the same price as the regular Y fare (see e.g.
MR0AFBR).
Also interesting to note some more market moves. For example, MSP/DEN has published
GAA7ACBS, a $29 base fare with
no regular Economy pair, which is not a direct match of F9 but seems aimed at them. In a somewhat similar vein, I follow SFO/MSP and note that SY always sets the market price and UA has switched from matching with regular fares to matching with N fares.