Originally Posted by
ou81two
AS has always been more expensive. The really uncompetitive things is the first class pricing. Lots of times it's 3.5x the coach fare whereas Delta is 1.5-2x
Yes and this is only getting worse if you look ahead at the combined schedule with the integrated pmVX flights. The F pricing 3-11 months out is consistently more than UA/DL and is sometimes beyond ridiculous at 2-3x UA/DL. Also very few MVP75 upgrades available on any day at all for SFO-NYC/SFO-WAS and mileage F is 120K RT. This was the real killer with the loss of DL as a partner. Clearly AS management doesn't care about this. And I don't care to pay that much of a premium over competitors so will fly layflat at much less cost.
I will easily requalify for MVP75 with int'l travel. Rather than my "west coast airline" perhaps AS will become my "mileage bank for int'l flights" and I will just go back to flying cheapest discount F for domestic.