Originally Posted by
jsloan
People, as a group, are terrible at making purchasing decisions based upon total deferred cost. ULCCs often manage to collect as much, if not more, from each passenger as full-service carriers; they just do it in smaller pieces so it's harder to track and to notice.
Spirit 2017 RASM: 8.95 cents
United 2017 RASM: 13.51 cents