Originally Posted by
guv1976
The best time to book is when Southwest or Frontier -- both of which fly this route -- has a sale. There's a decent chance that AA will match -- especially when Southwest has a sale.
Note that, unless you have oneworld status, a qualifying AA credit card, or plan to fly in Business Class, AA will charge extra if you will be checking baggage; all Southwest fares include two free checked bags.
How does this actually work? I know revenue management has individual people responsible for each market. Do they just check loads/yields every day and also look at the competition and then file a new fare basis based on someone else's fare? Do they have some sort of automated approach for it?