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Old Nov 7, 2018, 9:05 pm
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fly18725
 
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Originally Posted by jinglish
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.
From some perspectives that’s ok. Fuel and labor costs are going up and if you can find a way to still offer some of the same fares that benefits consumers.
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