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Old Apr 7, 2007, 3:39 am
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Originally Posted by Phoenician Aviator
But then it comes back to bite UA in the rear when a low-cost competitor moves in and people stick it to them by jumping ship.
Originally Posted by rjque
Yeah, but WN's walkup is $240.80 RT on BWI-PVD. That's three times less than what UA wants on the similar IAD-PVD. It's almost like UA is inviting WN competition.
For the three people who need to fly that route out and back on the same day (and I think I'm being generous thinking there are that many), United is willing to risk it. As zrs80 pointed out, the R/T fare with an overnight is $138.
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