Originally Posted by
Warriorconcept
Seems all 3 airlines are doing it, I had only seen about Delta yesterday. When buying a solo ticket you don't get access to the lowest fare classes, but if you do it as 2 or more it unlocks lower fare buckets.
Companion fares have been around for
decades. They’re not commonly used, although I’ll concede that perhaps the airlines have decided to use them more frequently than they have in the past. Still, the article is sensationalizing this quite a bit. Furthermore, I’m guessing that almost nobody cares what the PIA-ORD fare is, because almost nobody but a business traveler is going to pay it (Their AA example of CLT-RSW is another matter). Flying doesn’t save much time over driving, or even taking Amtrak from Normal.
Originally Posted by
IAH-OIL-TRASH
I wonder (ignoring terms of the CoC) if one would be able to buy a ticket for two pax, split the reservation w/i 24 hours and get refunded half?
That obviously shouldn’t work, but with UA’s systems, who knows?