Originally Posted by
sbm12
It becomes a question of CASM versus revenue premium over the competition. If UA (or any airline) can charge 10% more on it flights because it offers a more comfortable seat then that airline can afford to have fewer seats on board, keeping the total per-trip revenue of a flight on par with others. But consumers have proven time and again that they won't pay that. Despite the random assertions on sites like this.
MRTC, indeed, proves this point, even if I were the exception to that rule as a poor grad student.
Given that all airlines are moving toward maximum-allowable pain for Y pax, which airlines have more-tolerable W cabins at a reasonable (or free) price?