Originally Posted by
ualboston1k
I know the answer is likely "because they can be."
But it seems nearly every airline is charging almost $12,000 USD for a Z fare. Which is insane.
I used to get Z fares for $5K.
To Japan - but where from? Boston?
United flies to HND as well as to NRT from EWR, and IAD and ORD to Japan also. From what I can tell only about a third of J is sold, the rest is all upgrades.
This year, it's been an [almost] guaranteed upgrade using PlusPoints. I've been paying ~U$2000 R/T and sitting up front both ways every time since April or so.