Originally Posted by
brianz24
I don't think that's such a leap at all. The prices between DL and AA are very consistent on the route. Economy/FC are almost identical until a particular cabin fills up, then the price skyrockets. Difference is that DL has quite a bit more FC seats on the route.
Just a note here that DL has obviously been experimenting with its F fares over the past 18 months or so -- probably from a revenue management standpoint. I have seen some unusually low F fares at times (of course they are nonrefundable and have a change fee). For the first time in my life, I actually bought a couple of round-trips in F. in the past year. On my routes, AA did not match these low F fares .