Originally Posted by
DCAhome
I was shocked today.
I typically book a half dozen trips per year between Bozeman and DC. (My youngest is going to school there.) I buy advance purchase, usually *well* in advance. Typically the best price I see is in the $600-800 range. There are times its been over $1000 for coach.
I went to buy a ticket for my son to come home for Christmas, and not only was Delta the cheapest, it was pricing out in the $300's.
I can only hope that Delta Revenue Management is getting a serious lesson in quantifying the value of customer loyalty. If you destroy loyalty, then you are stuck competing on price and value. And, I don't believe Delta represents the value it once had.
Ive seen the same across the board for thanksgiving and Christmas travel, not just for DL. I think this has more to do with the fact that RM on all the airlines was being very aggressive far out and is now starting to seeing softness in demand due to larger economic factors at play now.
One factor- I paid $6.35/gallon for gas yesterday (Los Angeles…), the most I’ve paid in quite some time. A lot of people are going to start questioning discretionary travel.