Delta fares went up by 50% in a week!
Jul 31, 2019, 5:17 pm
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+1. The BE surcharge made WN the easy choice for intra-CA flying, but some people have a pathological hatred of WN so I don't try to push it..
Aug 1, 2019, 6:24 am
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Aug 1, 2019, 8:20 am
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Aug 1, 2019, 8:42 am
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When Basic Economy was introduced in the short-haul California market, the legacies chose to match Southwest's fares using Basic Economy fares. So, to receive a full-service Economy product you need to pay more to fly a legacy carrier than to fly WN. I once might have chosen UA/DL for C+ or its equivalent and a shot at a free upgrade, but for what's now a $35 per direction upsell the idea of paying almost 50% extra to "stay loyal" is in my mind absurd. Not to mention WN has a superior schedule (eg. they actually fly SJC-SAN unlike DL), no CR2s, and no change fees.
Aug 1, 2019, 11:40 am
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I am traveling end of next month and I delayed booking by a week (thinking of transferring remaining points from AMEX).
Fare went up by 50% by yesterday.
I didn't foresee that kind of increase - I was also earning points on Delta - another miscalculation - they only gave me 1300 points for traveling 4k miles! I didn't think of booking using MR points on AMEX travel - I had gone blank! Now 50% more points! Even coaches are charging as high as airplanes!
Fare went up by 50% by yesterday.
I didn't foresee that kind of increase - I was also earning points on Delta - another miscalculation - they only gave me 1300 points for traveling 4k miles! I didn't think of booking using MR points on AMEX travel - I had gone blank! Now 50% more points! Even coaches are charging as high as airplanes!
Cheers,
David
Aug 1, 2019, 1:55 pm
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When Basic Economy was introduced in the short-haul California market, the legacies chose to match Southwest's fares using Basic Economy fares. So, to receive a full-service Economy product you need to pay more to fly a legacy carrier than to fly WN. I once might have chosen UA/DL for C+ or its equivalent and a shot at a free upgrade, but for what's now a $35 per direction upsell the idea of paying almost 50% extra to "stay loyal" is in my mind absurd. Not to mention WN has a superior schedule (eg. they actually fly SJC-SAN unlike DL), no CR2s, and no change fees.
Aug 1, 2019, 2:46 pm
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