[FARE GONE] DL: PIT-SFO $140 ai r/t 2.8 cpm
Jul 17, 2012, 1:59 pm
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Jul 17, 2012, 2:36 pm
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Only in your dreams. Obviously you don't know how this predatory pricing scheme works. Another recent one I saw was IAH-ANC for very cheap with DL. Then UA offered DTW and MSP to ANC for the same price. UA was not going to match DL from their own hubs, but from DL's hubs.
Jul 17, 2012, 2:53 pm
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It was around for about 12 hours.
I tried to compute how they could have messed up and concluded it is almost impossible...
The fare was $45 one way... They did not miss a zero, maybe fat fingered the "4" when it should have been a 9 or something...
But, I think this was an intentional quick attack at UA by DL. Those kind of fare dumps normally last several hours to a day, a little longer if competitors match.
I tried to compute how they could have messed up and concluded it is almost impossible...
The fare was $45 one way... They did not miss a zero, maybe fat fingered the "4" when it should have been a 9 or something...
But, I think this was an intentional quick attack at UA by DL. Those kind of fare dumps normally last several hours to a day, a little longer if competitors match.
Jul 17, 2012, 3:27 pm
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Jul 17, 2012, 5:25 pm
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It was around for about 12 hours.
I tried to compute how they could have messed up and concluded it is almost impossible...
The fare was $45 one way... They did not miss a zero, maybe fat fingered the "4" when it should have been a 9 or something...
But, I think this was an intentional quick attack at UA by DL. Those kind of fare dumps normally last several hours to a day, a little longer if competitors match.
I tried to compute how they could have messed up and concluded it is almost impossible...
The fare was $45 one way... They did not miss a zero, maybe fat fingered the "4" when it should have been a 9 or something...
But, I think this was an intentional quick attack at UA by DL. Those kind of fare dumps normally last several hours to a day, a little longer if competitors match.
No mistake. It was an attack against UA hubs. It was a very low fare, but it was designed to get their attention. It was released around 5pm Pacific, and pulled by 7am Pacific, so the amount of true revenue impact it could have had to people legitimately buying in those markets was minimal.
Plus it was in T space which is their loss leader bucket anyway. They intend not to make that much on T fares, this was just a bit lower than usual (about $100 off a typical RT transcon fare sale).
Jul 17, 2012, 7:01 pm
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Could have always missed a 1 at the beginning. Perhaps keyed it in as 045 instead of 145. That is relatively easy to do on a number pad.
Jul 17, 2012, 7:43 pm
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No mistake. It was an attack against UA hubs. It was a very low fare, but it was designed to get their attention. It was released around 5pm Pacific, and pulled by 7am Pacific, so the amount of true revenue impact it could have had to people legitimately buying in those markets was minimal.
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I got a trip to San Juan out of a short business trip to DC: SFO-PIT $69.00. PIT-DC $5.00 Bus DCA-SJU $114.00 SJU-SFO $203.00
Last edited by sfosmith; Jul 17, 2012 at 7:50 pm