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Old Sep 7, 2006 | 11:27 pm
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Originally Posted by UnitedSkies
Not if you count WN - WN flies OAK-ONT.
Right, but I'm only thinking of SFO-ONT. Does anyone other than UA fly this route? UA acts as if it can ignore OAK and SJC when setting SFO pricing (see all the threads about SFO-LAX/BUR/ONT/SAN/SNA being more expensive than SFO-SIN/NRT/BKK/PVG/LHR/FRA/MUC/just about anywhere else UA flies) and I don't think anyone else flies SFO-ONT.

If we do bring OAK into the mix, there is still more competition for Bay Area-SNA than there is for Bay Area-ONT. As Channa mentioned, both AS and WN fly OAK-SNA. Only WN flies OAK-ONT. Less competition should equal higher fares. Apparently, SNA can support the higher fares even with competition from AA, WN and AS.
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