Originally Posted by
findark
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).
Ah, interesting. I only searched one-way, obviously. The round-trip version is presumably only there for the purposes of combining with a BE flight in a lower bucket in the other direction (since BE can't combine with regular economy). Regardless, it's a change in strategy that may presage the further reduction of BE on high-yield tickets. One hopes it's a signal that they're listening to customer feedback. (Of course, in the deep discount buckets, I imagine it's here to stay.
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