Originally Posted by diburning

I'm surprised that American is fighting with United for the used A319 market. United is buying up used A319s (from China Southern) while ordering new Boeings because American has a Most Favored Customer (MFC) clause with Airbus giving American the lowest pricing (which includes giving American a refund of the difference if Airbus offers a lower price to anyone else), which also means that Airbus can't simply produce a counteroffer when Boeing undercuts them without a large penalty since American is the largest operator of the A320 family in the world.