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Feb 18, 2021, 11:28 am
#181
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: YVR - MILLS Waypoint (It's the third house on the left)
Programs: AC*SE100K, wood level status in various other programs
Posts: 6,232
Mar 24, 2021, 6:20 am
#186
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Canada
Programs: UA*1K MM SK EBG LATAM BL
Posts: 23,309
If anyone wants a glimpse into the future when planes are semi-full again and what AC domestic pricing will be like.
The age of 200k+ one-way transcons is closer than you think.
Interestingly when you hidden-city the top one to YYJ - the price comes down to a bargain 107.9k (E35+credit card)
The age of 200k+ one-way transcons is closer than you think.
Interestingly when you hidden-city the top one to YYJ - the price comes down to a bargain 107.9k (E35+credit card)
Mar 24, 2021, 6:42 am
#187
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: YOW
Programs: AC SE, FOTSG Platinum
Posts: 5,731
If anyone wants a glimpse into the future when planes are semi-full again and what AC domestic pricing will be like.
The age of 200k+ one-way transcons is closer than you think.
Interestingly when you hidden-city the top one to YYJ - the price comes down to a bargain 107.9k (E35+credit card)
The age of 200k+ one-way transcons is closer than you think.
Interestingly when you hidden-city the top one to YYJ - the price comes down to a bargain 107.9k (E35+credit card)
Mar 24, 2021, 9:15 am
#189
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: YOW
Programs: AC SE, FOTSG Platinum
Posts: 5,731
That 8:55 flight is J9 C8 D6 Z0 P0 R2
The 18:15 flight is J5 C4 D2 Z1 P0 R0 - I'm not saying this proves one thing or another, just posting it for reference.
...but I'm curious why the one unsold seat on that 2:30 PM isn't available with points. "Every seat, every flight" and all that.
Mar 24, 2021, 9:24 am
#190
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: AC SE100K-1MM, NH, DL, AA, BA, Global Entry/Nexus, APEC..
Posts: 18,877
Minor detail that may or may not matter: April 9 mentioned above is the Friday before the start of the delayed ON spring break week of April 12 (moved from March this year).
Mar 24, 2021, 9:29 am
#191
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Exactly. And I expect that pricing to be the norm during busy times. Imagine the surprise for a family trying to see mickey on March break.
Mar 24, 2021, 10:03 am
#192
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: YOW
Programs: AC SE, FOTSG Platinum
Posts: 5,731
Not terribly dissimilar to the surprise the same family would have felt in previous years, when there simply weren't any award seats available that week to see Mickey at all - unless you felt like paying hundreds of thousands of points for "Market Fare".
Mar 24, 2021, 10:32 am
#193
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So, timing...supply/demand/capacity......sprinkling of dynamic pricing, or not
Here are random dates in March, April and May.
Points showing on these screen shots are NOT logged in and are non-stop YYZ-YVR only.
Here are random dates in March, April and May.
Points showing on these screen shots are NOT logged in and are non-stop YYZ-YVR only.
Mar 24, 2021, 10:35 am
#194
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Vancouver
Programs: AC SE100K 1MM, FB Platinum, Bonvoy Platinum Elite, IHG Gold Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 1,605
Mar 24, 2021, 11:31 am
#195
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The reason I posted this in this thread is to highlight that dynamic pricing will lead to absurd point requirements on AC metal.
It remains to be seen whether there will be more or less low-level AC seats available than before the takeover. My bet is on less.