Originally Posted by jsloan

Second, I keep seeing this weird fantasy where all airfare automatically costs exactly the same amount. Perhaps that's true on the routes that some people fly, but for me, that's rarely the case. Sure, they'll often be close, but day-to-day inventory variance wins out. I've found days when UA is $100 more expensive than their competition, and I've found days when UA is $100 less than their competition -- just because somebody in Revenue Management did or didn't open up the W bucket on a given flight.

Originally Posted by spin88

I for one would be POed if an employee was paying United any extra $800 of my money (20 upsells to avoid BE)

Originally Posted by iahphx

When I do ita matrix searches, I keep running into attractive-looking UA fares that turn out to be BE.