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Oct 28, 2019 | 8:18 pm

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Originally Posted by mac94949

That makes sense, but American flies the same ORD>SFO route and charge $525 1st class for flights leaving at the same time (or within minutes). I don't know how United can charge $2,100 for the same flight but American charges only $525. American has crappy 1st class seats but UA is not worth the extra $1,600.

I also noticed that going into early January, United always has at least several ORD>SFO flights priced at $2,100.

My guess is that they "hold" some inventory for int'l connections through SFO, which will be available in lower business fares (e.g., Z and P). If F is full from ORD-SFO, people will be less inclined to buy a TPAC business class ticket.

For a few of the flights on Nov 7, only one F seat is available for sale and so they charge quite a premium for that last seat.

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