Fares on the SEA-FLL route
Mar 29, 2003, 10:12 pm
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Fares on the SEA-FLL route
I'm sure this is going to be a hard question, but here goes. I travel SEA-FLL quite frequently and the going rate (if you travel on certain days) is about $220-$250. This fare is offered by CO, DL, AA, NW, and usually UA. But Jetblue always seems to be $420-$430, no matter what. It has always been this way, ever since B6 started service out of SEA. Anyone know why B6 has such an arrogant attitude on this route?
Mar 30, 2003, 4:20 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by NWgoldelite:
I'm sure this is going to be a hard question, but here goes. I travel SEA-FLL quite frequently and the going rate (if you travel on certain days) is about $220-$250. This fare is offered by CO, DL, AA, NW, and usually UA. But Jetblue always seems to be $420-$430, no matter what. It has always been this way, ever since B6 started service out of SEA. Anyone know why B6 has such an arrogant attitude on this route?</font>
I'm sure this is going to be a hard question, but here goes. I travel SEA-FLL quite frequently and the going rate (if you travel on certain days) is about $220-$250. This fare is offered by CO, DL, AA, NW, and usually UA. But Jetblue always seems to be $420-$430, no matter what. It has always been this way, ever since B6 started service out of SEA. Anyone know why B6 has such an arrogant attitude on this route?</font>
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Mar 30, 2003, 4:28 pm
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I'm fairly sure JetBlue fares are just summing the SEA-JFK and JFK-FLL fares. They have no reason to be competitive on the route if they can fill up each flight with local traffic. Given that SEA-JFK flies only once a day, I suspect that is why they are pricing connections very competitively.
Apr 3, 2003, 1:27 pm
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They aren't summing them, they publish individual fares SEA-FLL. B6 just has a sane pricing model where it actually costs you more if you fly farther and where they have their lowest fares somewhat close to the cost of the route.