Originally Posted by
Rodeo
I fly DTW-MSP-BIL every week, the price of a first class ticket had been about $1100 vs about $500 for coach, with that price differential I have been flying nothing but first. Two weeks ago the price jumped to about $1800 so I checked on coach and booked my next sixteen segments for about $450 per trip. Just finished my first cycle and as a PE was bumped on all four segments, so my product remained the same and NW lost $650 per ticket on me. Sometimes I just don't get it!
I would argue you are in a very small minority to pay $600 more for domestic first. I wouldn't pay $600 more for a DTW-LAX flight (though I would pay say, double the cost of the cheapest coach ticket for F, and double Y for P if I need flex).
On the other hand, I am willing to pay thousands more for WBC. Even if they offered WBC on flights to LAX, I still wouldn't pay more than say, $800 more. So therin lies the problem with domestic first class- most people won't pay for it, in part because it doesn't offer anything, but also in part because the flights (except true transcon) are not that long.