Originally Posted by civicmon

why should you feel guilty? that's what the market says that ticket is worth. You and I are the market - we set prices. They can jack them up but we'll either pay it, or go elsewhere. We're setting the prices here as we refuse to pay more than that for a transcon.

You're not contributing to their demise - that seat just as well may go empty if it wasn't for your butt in that seat, giving them $250 to go from SEA-MIA.