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Old Jan 23, 2023 | 2:44 pm
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Originally Posted by jsloan
Why?

As a general rule, UA simply is not interested in selling discount seats 6+ months ahead of departure. There's always time to offer a sale later, but if they start out with a low price and then demand comes in hotter than expected, they can't recoup that revenue.

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That begs the question why AA and DL apparently see the issue from a very different standpoint if their J fares are showing half of what UA wants.
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