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Aug 28, 2005 | 7:59 pm

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Ari

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BenjaminNYC

Why does UA (and AA) have a "P" fare bucket for only two markets? Seems silly. They use F for other three class domestic and for three class international. So why use P in this way? I would think they should just do away with it, or use it more universally, say like for F on every three class plane.

AA is making some changes in this way, but they don't seem to make that much sense.

You're right, it used to make sense. You could distinguish 2-cabin vs. 3-cabin first class seats by F and P respectively; but now the only market they use P in is a market which uses exclusively 3-cabin aircraft. Wierd.

On a side note, does it ever bother you to pay a "first-class" fare JFKLAX and get the same seat you would get on SQ for a business class ticket, say SFOHKG, or the like? There's probably already a thread on this...