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Old Nov 7, 2018, 4:56 pm
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jinglish
 
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Originally Posted by MagicCarpetRider
I think at the end of the day this will help bring more guests to AS who may not choose to fly AS because Brand XYZ was $X amount cheaper. AS can now compete with Brand XYZ.
That assumes that AS is going to use this to drop fares to compete with, say, NK on routes that they both serve. While that may be the case, what's been seen more frequently with the other carriers is that the Y- fare sits where regular economy used to be.
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