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Old May 23, 2025 | 9:29 am
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Originally Posted by Xyzzy
My guess is UA (incrrectly) thinks many of those customers are going to simply buy J/C/D/Z/P fares.
Which would really show UA is clueless, given Y/B/M pricing (standing alone) was usually not better than J/C/D/Z/P so likely was being accessed by people who couldn't buy the latter for employer policy. Or because all lower fare classes were sold out, in which case UA was already maxing the revenue (and probably weren't going to upgrade that passenger anyway).
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