<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by socref:
I was wondering how NW could sell tickets on CO's planes for *less* (in this case 15.5% less) than CO was selling its own seats on the identical flight.
'splain that to me, please.
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because NW's published fare for the route is 15.5% less than CO... simple as that...
I don't know what your route it, but let's say it is TPA to STL, here's the NW valid routing for a (K) fare, their lowest:
Code:
ROUTING 210 FROM-TO TPA-NW-MEM/HOU-NW-DTT/CLE-NW-
STL*
FROM TPA-NW-MEM/HOU-NW-DTT/CLE-NW-
MSP-NW-
OR FROM TPA-NW-EWR/DTT/CLE-NW-MSP-NW-
TO STL*
so, you can see, assuming the fare class is available, you could fly from TPA on NW metal thru DTW or MEM, or on CO metal thru EWR, IAH or CLE for the same price.