Originally Posted by
PforPlatinum
FYI, I bought this week's CO.COM special IAH-LAX RT tickets (two) today.
Then in the evening, I received EUA notification email for outbound (Saturday) flight - both tickets. (Both Plat, didn't split)
So you can still get EUA 5 days out on popular route even with low fare - you just need to pick up right date and time.
The reason the route was on this week's CO.COM special is because CO had a lot of excess inventory. EUA's flow freely on most CO.COM specials.