Originally Posted by
hockeyinsider
Regardless, I also don't see Delta's new business-class product being priced in dollars much more expensive than present business-class. That's mostly because there are only so many people who have the budget to spend $2,700-$7,000 on business-ticket tickets. Plus, I suspect many of the big customers -- diamonds, Delta 360 -- have corporate contracts with Delta. I don't think they'd take too kindly to a 15% or 25% increase in the cost of airfare simply because SOME aircraft have the new seats.
Adding a door to a J seat won't drive prices up, but reducing the number of J seats available will (by shrinking supply while assuming demand holds steady). If a corporation is already willing to spend $7k on a ticket, they won't think twice about $7500 or even $8k.
Originally Posted by
SeaHawg
Four Class is fairly common among large carriers. I could definitely see Business, Premium Select, C+, and Main Cabin.
C+ is not a separate cabin, it's just extra leg room in Y. A Four Class international plane would typically have First, Business, Premium, and Economy.
Originally Posted by
jdrtravel
Did anyone expect that adding premium economy would not result in some loss of D1? Delta is adding PE precisely because they are not selling enough D1 and they still want a way to capture more revenue for a ticket.
I think the reason to add W is to capture a market that DL doesn't have a product for. That's mostly independent of J demand, since for the most part either you're wealthy enough to buy J or have a job that pays for it, or you're not/don't. While I'd expect some marginal shift from J to W for various economic reasons, I think the bigger customer base will be people who can spend more than Y but can't afford J in the first place.