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.
They are not going to offer NK type fares. That would only be shooting themselves in the head to fix a minor headache. They are using this to INCREASE revenue. Why would they market a bunch of seats at an even lower price than they have now when they would have to substantially increase all the rest of the tickets to make up for that plus charge more to get the expected revenue increases? AS does not have the ULCC model where they can make up the low fare by charging for carry ons, checking in at the airport, etc.