I find the recent aggressive cutbacks/layoffs by all major airlines to be somewhat suspect. Granted, they lost a ton of money due to the Sept. 11th tragedy in NY/DC/PA; however, they are getting 5 BILLION dollars in cash (now, as a matter of fact) and 10 BILLION dollars in loan guarantees.

However, in many cases, fares continue to be ridiculously high. I was pricing a trip MKE-LAS for the weekend of October 12th. The cheapest ticket available on CO was $776 RT. It seems to me if they cannot fill the planes, they should not be charging such high fares 2 weeks before travel.

In addition, I flew MKE-MSP-PDX RT last weekend on NW, and each flight was 80-100% full.

Any thoughts?


NOTE: I am fully aware of the poor Enlish in the title, I realized my error after the fact (hanging my head in shame).
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What do you mean I can't charge my heart bypass to my Visa? I need the MILES!!!

[This message has been edited by Seth (edited 09-29-2001).]