Originally Posted by
VegasGambler
Note that the seat selection fee may be higher for a saver fare. When I spot-checked this, saver + premium was usually more than main+premium. This was when they first introduced saver so things may have changed.
It depends. On some SFO/JFK flights the first week of March, Saver fare is $99 + $119 for PE upgrade, $218 total. Main is $134 + $99 PE upgrade, $233 total. Not a huge difference (though there's a bigger spread on higher-priced flights that week).