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Old Aug 20, 2018 | 5:15 pm
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Originally Posted by wetrat0
(By the way, the majority of customers on my last flight were in BE. Maybe we're Delta's least valuable customers but they're making up for it in volume.)
Today's E fares are yesterday's main cabin fares.

Said another way, the benefit to DL isn't the volume of E fares, as this is simply previous main cabin demand.

It's the group that agrees to the today's premium to "upgrade" to main cabin that is the additional revenue DL receives.

While in the process, fleecing elites for, among other things, UG privileges to F, while simultaneously cutting back amenities and offerings in F.
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