Bucks stop here!
Jun 23, 2004 | 11:22 am
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Bucks stop here!
Simplified pricing has arrived at CO. Don't know about everyone else but it makes paid FC much more attractive.
http://ir.thomsonfn.com/InvestorRela...storyid=116239
http://ir.thomsonfn.com/InvestorRela...storyid=116239
Jun 23, 2004 | 11:26 am
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Originally Posted by coplatua1k
Simplified pricing has arrived at CO. Don't know about everyone else but it makes paid FC much more attractive.
http://ir.thomsonfn.com/InvestorRela...storyid=116239
http://ir.thomsonfn.com/InvestorRela...storyid=116239
Jun 23, 2004 | 11:47 am
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or maybe it's called How to put a stop to EAU
paying folks mean less status upgrades available I would think
Are we getting "enhanced" again?
Are we getting "enhanced" again?
Jun 23, 2004 | 12:01 pm
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or maybe it's called How to put a stop to EAU
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You get what you pay for. Since when does CO have to give away FC.
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You get what you pay for. Since when does CO have to give away FC.
Jun 23, 2004 | 12:04 pm
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Seats are limited and may not be available on all flights or in all markets. Tickets must be purchased at time of reservation and are nonrefundable and nontransferable. Changes to ticket can be made for a $100 change fee, if meeting the restrictions plus applicable fare difference.
This isn't a change in the way CO does business. They just added another capacity controlled fare bucket. Reminds me of when CO wouldn't honor their seat guarantee for Plats. Wanted me to buy the FC seat because those were available but choach was sold out. Shouldn't be long before you see posts about full Y seats available, but these new walk up fares are not.
This isn't a change in the way CO does business. They just added another capacity controlled fare bucket. Reminds me of when CO wouldn't honor their seat guarantee for Plats. Wanted me to buy the FC seat because those were available but choach was sold out. Shouldn't be long before you see posts about full Y seats available, but these new walk up fares are not.
Jun 23, 2004 | 12:10 pm
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Originally Posted by duxfan
Shouldn't be long before you see posts about full Y seats available, but these new walk up fares are not.
Jun 23, 2004 | 12:21 pm
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Sorry, my mistake, I saw this line as I was scanning the article:
For example, Continental continues to offer advance purchase fares between New York and some Florida cities for less than $100 each way in Coach, and walkup fares requiring no advance purchase linking Cleveland and Houston with some West Coast cities for less than $500 each way.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040623/daw018_1.html
Advance purchase? Even less of a value.....
For example, Continental continues to offer advance purchase fares between New York and some Florida cities for less than $100 each way in Coach, and walkup fares requiring no advance purchase linking Cleveland and Houston with some West Coast cities for less than $500 each way.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040623/daw018_1.html
Advance purchase? Even less of a value.....
Jun 23, 2004 | 2:26 pm
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Originally Posted by coplatua1k
You get what you pay for. Since when does CO have to give away FC.
Steve
Jun 23, 2004 | 3:07 pm
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Isn't reduced fares - one way and FC fares - the reason CO dropped America West as a partner? Is CO now headed in the direction of copying their fare structure?
Jun 23, 2004 | 3:34 pm
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Well, you can't blame them for trying to get more business.
Seems like they are damned if they do something new or damned if they don't on this board.
Seems like they are damned if they do something new or damned if they don't on this board.
Jun 23, 2004 | 5:54 pm
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this is a reduction?
i remember last year when EWR-SFO had a special roundtrip Y fare for about $950 including tax, and with the elite upgrade on ticketing, it was like buying an F seat.
So this doesn't seem like a great deal in my market.
So this doesn't seem like a great deal in my market.
Jun 23, 2004 | 8:40 pm
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from 7th largest to 6th???
aside from the $100 difference in fares from Y to F, i noticed that CO is now calling themselves the 6th largest airline in the world, rather than 7th. what happened? AF/KLM?
Jun 24, 2004 | 6:42 pm
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Looks like those advertised Y fares are just that - full Y. I was looking at an IAH-BWI ticket. It priced out at around $660 in full Y, and I was offered an immediate upgrade. The upgrade, plus the bonus points, make this not such a bad deal after all...