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Old Jun 29, 2006, 6:22 pm
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pbz
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: 13mi@ORD
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Originally Posted by Denvercccc
I'm not sure any UA programmers can navigate this site!
O well--it's probably all "yield managementey" -- I am sure you could squeeze a lot of intelligence into the pricing algorithm.... Glenn wants every last $1.00 from every poor E- n00b with a dream, right....

Starting price $50
Add or subtract 10% for every hour flight is over/under 4hrs
Add 20% if E+ is nearly full
Subtract 20% if E+ is nearly empty
--etc

What I don't understand is how some folks report paying $100 for a single flight when you can get E+ access for a year for $300.... I have a 4 leg itinerary coming up soon, (w/2 stopovers), and another couple trips in the next couple months, maybe it's worth it to buy in for a year. 'specially since the wife is coming along....

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