Originally Posted by
fly18725
Delta is publishing BE fares in every domestic market. The BE fares on AA, Delta, and United all have advance purchase and other restrictions which exempt the must lucrative business travelers.
This is completely false. I can go today, look at buying a fare ORD-MSP for Wed April 26, 2017 - TOMORROW, and United gives me a $80 BE fare.
https://www.google.com/flights/#sear...SP0UA1660;a=UA
There is no "advanced purchase" requirement on UA. And these fares are being rolled out system wide, including at higher fare buckets.
This is a major change in business stratagy in which many business travelers will (a) be confronted with an upsell or (b) miss it and book a BE fare, often in a high bucket.