Originally Posted by
laxmillenial
Can someone explain why this is happening / what this means?
Searched UA.com for a one way flight:
Where: LAX - ORD
Date: 08/17
Filtered by: "Nonstop Only"
It shows that a basic economy ticket costs $258 while a normal economy costs $243. Screenshot attached.
Why? How? Huh? It's a little early for Saturday website shenanigans and I assume this isn't normal...
Can't explain that phenomenon, but interestingly if you try to buy the basic economy fare, the website has logic to intercede and switch to the regular economy fare because it's lower priced—
For this trip, the price of standard Economy is the same or lower than the price of Basic Economy.
We’ve updated your itinerary to standard Economy, which has fewer restrictions.