Originally Posted by
sbm12
It took me three times of re-reading your post now to realize that you're flying FLL-EWR and not EWR-FLL. Whoops! CO 207 is indeed Zero'd out across the board except Y5.
Which explains why first is full. Once there is only Y left, any elite will Y-up. Any non elite would be an idiot not to spring for the extra $40 for an A seat.
EWR-FLL Y=$299 A=$339, which CO.com prominently displays on the top of the page.
I'm Flying FLL-IAH on 12/29. It's had only Y seats for over a month. Bought myself, wife and daughter #1 Y's since we are elite and bought daughter #2 an A for <$50 more.
I'm at 99 EQP's because I end up with so many purchased Y's and A's at the last minute or at peak travel times.
On a side note, If I were in the department at CO that decided that around the holidays we'll zero out everything but Y, I'd hide from me at the next DO.