I want to fly with my cousins and my neices and nephews to DisneyWorld in Orlando. They are leaving November 11th and returning November 18th. Everyday differs in price as it should, and it generally fluctuates between $230-$319 per-way, which obviously is plenty reasonable.

Now the very odd part about this trip is the return. On November 18th to take AS19 non-stop MCO-SEA the price jumps an insane amount to $799 for coach on this one way segment. What? Now it puts you in Y class, even when you ask for the lowest fare available. I don’t understand what’s going on here because since the flight is so empty, obviously there must be cheaper fare buckets available. The seatmap is not any more crowded than the other flights. I get that it’s a Sunday, and it should be slightly more expensive, but 3-4x the regular price??? Is this a mistake? If it isn’t why is it so high? How do I get it out of putting me in Y class? I almost fell out of my chair when I saw booking a coach ticket this far out on Alaska for that much. That’s only $200 cheaper than first class. I cannot tell what is going on here or why on earth a coach ticket is so expensive and the system won’t put me out of Y on the return?

Yeah yeah the Sunday before Thanksgiving I get it. Though this would make you think the flight TO Orlando would be more expensive. But anyway, why does it keep putting me in Y class? Is that really all that is available?

Have you checked the fare buckets?

Looks like Y is the only main cabin fare for sale on that flight as of now. From looking at the seat map, I'd agree it's not because they've sold typical amounts of seats in other fare buckets. Either a mistake (my guess) or counting on lots of people willing to pay $$$ to fly that day. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...39597a643.jpeg

I’m a mileageplan loyalist but I have to imagine this is no coincidence. They are probably charging this much anticipating how much demand they are going to have. Although I have to say, even with the holidays, it’s the first time so far I have seen with so many seats available, for the only thing being sold was Y class.

People who live in Orlando travel for Thanksgiving too.

Well yeah. Obviously revenue management has decided not to release any discounted seats for the weekend before Thanksgiving on that route yet, presumably waiting to develop their revenue management model. I would count on them releasing cheaper seats at some point, but I have no idea how much cheaper. They may well never release seats at the price you see for a typical weekend. If they think they can fill the plane at higher fares, why should they sell cheaper ones?

In another thread, someone mentioned that many cruisers are returning on that day. Choose another day, or another routing.

This is normal transcon pricing for holiday periods when booked far in advance.