Originally Posted by
willy702
100% loads at not the lowest airfare last two trips with them. One was from PHL and other was from ATL. Both were $180-200 OW which is high for F9 but about half what the dominant majors in those airports wanted for the route. With Elite didn't pay for seat or carry on so it's really half the price.
As crazy as the switch to more competitive business routes seemed at first they might be onto something.
i just had a LAX - SJC with a Go Wild pass $16 last minute. That would suggest empty seats and rows but it went out 100% full. Upgrade to Upfront was $18 and row 3 was $12. In the first three rows, only one person had a carry on. I think they are pricing a more modest discount relative to legacy without doing the $19 to $29 price point for anything before noon Mondays. Discount den was $174 last minute. The new guy realizes almost none of his customers pay for bags or drinks so the ULCC model $1 fare is not working because everybody is cheap with just a small backpack. Go Wild is a $0.01 fare too, but we gave $300 to $400 for the psss upfront.