alison11

Interesting question...DL was offering the AS sjc-KOA for 269 all in a few days back. It was the AS nonstop, but Delta was selling it under its code for far less than AS ever would.

Does DL just arbitrarily decide to sell AS metal for less than AS would? Are they given an allotment of seats to sell on behalf of AS? Anyone with insight on this?

steadyASshegoes

AS and DL cannot collude on pricing, even for codeshare routes, meaning that if AS is willing to sell DL a seat at a substantial discount to what AS sells it to the public for, DL can undercut AS if it likes. This seems to happen somewhat frequently on the west coast with AS flights marketed by AA. I'm not sure why it happens, or what the mechanics of codeshare pricing are, but it is not uncommon.

Was it 269 one-way or r/t? AS currently has a sale on SJC-KOA for 159+tax each way.

JerryFF

DL is indeed selling these flights for less than AS - see below -- the first set of fares are from DL, the 2nd set from AS - they are one way fares before taxes (except US tax) --


‡$DSJCKOA15MAR-NLXŠDL
DL SJC-KOA DEPART 15MAR
PUBLIC FARES
U.S. PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES / SURCHARGES MAY APPLY
TAXES AND FEES MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE BOOKED ITINERARY
USD FARE MIN/ XL TVL DATES TKT DATES
CX FARE BASIS AP MAX FE FIRST/LAST FIRST/LAST
1 DL 124.20 TA00A0SC Š --/-- ŠŠ -/30APRC -/-
2 DL 205.20 LA00Q3SC Š --/-- ŠŠ 11JAN/10JUNC -/-
3 DL 225.20 KA00U3SC Š --/-- ŠŠ 11JAN/10JUNC -/-



$DSJCKOA15MAR-NLXŠAS
S SJC-KOA DEPART 15MAR
UBLIC FARES
.S. PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES / SURCHARGES MAY APP
AXES AND FEES MAY VARY DEPENDING ON THE BOOKED ITIN
USD FARE MIN/ XL TVL DATES
CX FARE BASIS AP MAX FE FIRST/LAST
1 AS 231.20 LLASZN4 Š --/-- ŠŠ -/-
2 AS 249.20 QLASZN4 Š --/-- ŠŠ -/-
3 AS 256.20 LLASWN4 Š --/-- ŠŠ -/-