Originally Posted by
acrophobia
It is not a $750 fee to select seats. It is a $750 discount to forgo one’s ability to select seats. Prior to BE, that option wasn’t available.
Discount? I can almost guarantee to you that the introduction of BE on DL has not provided any discounts to any existing fares. For most fares, DL simply rebranded the lowest fares Main Cabin Fares BE and added a surcharge on top of it for Main Cabin Fares.