First Class Monetization, or FCM: The Definitive Thread
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Delta is offering me a one way DCA/DTW upgrade for $369.80 next sunday LOL. Do people really pay these prices? The first class cabin is almost empty and it's the day before MLK day, I can't imagine many business travellers flying that day
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I just received another first-class buy-up offer. This time it was $95.68 -- not $95, but $95.68 as apparently the extra 68 cents really matters -- for Detroit to Memphis on a CRJ-700.
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That suggests to me that Delta is using a computer to generate pricing both up and down. If somebody can hack the code a single person may be able to predict future changes for their benefit
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I do wonder if they've changed premium pricing strategy in the last week? I bought a K/M MSN<>MSY. Used an expiring RUC on the Thursday night return (meal on MSY>DTY leg, popular time, etc.). My K/M fare was $740. The current FCM offer for the oubound of MSN>ATL>MSY is a whopping $1126, which is $81 more than the entire RT F fare is pricing out at now ($1047). Really odd. My only other data point is that I bought a Delta One fare SEA>JFK for $448 (2/9) and my friend went to buy it today and it's pricing out at $1658 and it was < 48 hours after I bought mine and seat map looks same. C vs Z on that route is a big hike!