Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
Fun Fact: the top airline for seat share in AS’s markets pre-VX merger was the one with the least amount of trans cons, the airline of the kettles, the airline FTers who love Krug and caviar showers despise: WN. Read the presentation.
AS is very clearly gunning for them, and NOT the premium transcon market (they do want some natural market share transcon, but it’s never been a huge focus out of SEA, and they have decided to skip a B6 Chainsaw Massacre in those CA premium markets). Maybe they are idiots. But it’s pretty clear reading the tea leaves they want WN share too, and they are fighting more against WN than trying to run premium transcon.
I don’t disagree that they are gunning for WN’s market share, but it seems like AS needs to draw the line on nickle and diming customers if they want to effectively compete for loyal WN clientele. So far, the AS model seems to follow the legacies in terms of a la carte pricing, but with a slightly less onerous fee structure.