Originally Posted by venk
I don't have proof but I have a (conspiracy) theory that AA/UA are creating an "artificial" shortage of seats to Europe this summer and metering out a few seats at a time at high fares to feed to the perception of fully booked flights. A few of the flights I have been following, keeps getting filled up in seat assignments slowly but the inventory stays stuck at Y3 B3 etc. I find it hard to believe that it is just seats getting assigned slowly.
Like all conspiracy theories, it has a strong possibility of being wrong, of course.
I've noticed the same in the other direction - no remotely competitive UA (or indeed AA) fare in any of the several transatlantic markets I've been looking at recently - I can't believe they're the only ones who are full.
Edited to say that AA has now blinked - seems to be only UA who's holding out
Last edited by Passmethesickbag; May 22, 2004 at 4:56 am