New "dynamic pricing" for Early Bird
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I love EB, we buy it for every flight. I figure $60 R/T to board ( 90% of the time) A-30 or better is worth it since we have never paid for a WN flight and are also using CP
We book all our flights the day they go on sale so I'm guessing we will still be paying $15 each |
I'd rather check my wife in at exactly T-24 and get A-55 thru B-20ish instead of paying $15 for A-30 thru A-50ish
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"Pricing will depend on a combination of two factors: length of route and EarlyBird demand on that particular route. Southwest may update pricing in the future based on route popularity and as the product continues to evolve." |
Originally Posted by LegalTender
(Post 30095117)
That's Transfarency®
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Originally Posted by 737MAX8
(Post 30095162)
I don't think you understand what the Transfarency campaign is.
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... Unlike our competitors, we provide our customers the ability to choose products they are willing to pay for—like earlybird—instead of punitively charging a fee to check their first or second bag or change their reservation. Those fees don’t fly on southwest airlines, and we have no plans to change that. |
Originally Posted by flyer4512
(Post 30095088)
I love EB, we buy it for every flight. I figure $60 R/T to board ( 90% of the time) A-30 or better is worth it since we have never paid for a WN flight and are also using CP
We book all our flights the day they go on sale so I'm guessing we will still be paying $15 each |
Originally Posted by formeraa
(Post 30095213)
I would fly WN even more often, but my employer will not pay for EBCI. Therefore, I usually just go with AA or AS and choose an assigned seat for business travel. I've tried talking to my employer's travel contact, but they will not budge (and I like my job so I had exactly one nice conversation about it).
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No doubt this is in large part due to Hawaii and the growing Mid/Transcon numbers...Can't imagine how many folks will buy EBCI on those Hawaii flights especially with families and such. Not sure $25 will deter folks but maybe it'll keep non early-bird boarding assignments somewhat within the realm of reasonable boarding positions
Had a DAL-DEN one last year where I checked in at T-24 and was B-45! Early-Bird must've cut off around B-40 because the guy lined up a few in front of me was really not pleased about it... |
Originally Posted by formeraa
(Post 30095213)
I would fly WN even more often, but my employer will not pay for EBCI. Therefore, I usually just go with AA or AS and choose an assigned seat for business travel. I've tried talking to my employer's travel contact, but they will not budge (and I like my job so I had exactly one nice conversation about it).
For the same price ( in miles as we have millions) I would choose an assigned seat every time. It's near impossible to beat 2/1 pricing using CP When I fly alone often use DL and now AA has jet service to a local airport that I can use for 12.5K mile O/W |
I have yet to ever buy EBCI but I don't usually take long-haul flights, something more like 400-600 miles usually and I always get a window seat and I usually travel alone so I have no one I need to sit with. I usually get betweeen A50-B30 using T-24 which gets me what I want. More power to everyone else though.
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Originally Posted by flyer4512
(Post 30095088)
I love EB, we buy it for every flight. I figure $60 R/T to board ( 90% of the time) A-30 or better is worth it since we have never paid for a WN flight and are also using CP
We book all our flights the day they go on sale so I'm guessing we will still be paying $15 each So, unfortunately no. Buying early won't mean you're not impacted. If your particular route has lots of EBCI demand (or is a longer flight, presumably), you'll be paying more -- regardless of your individual EBCI buying habits. This part is very odd to me: Prices will remain the same on any given route and “will not change by day of week or time of day.” Meaning that, if there are a few flights on a particular route (and by "route" they presumably mean "city pairs"?) that have deep EBCI penetration, all flights on that route -- including, say, the less-busy Tuesday 5:30am or Saturday 10:30pm ones -- will see an EBCI price increase. This is very different from how they currently price fares. I wonder how this will work when changing an itinerary that has EBCI attached to a new routing? Will the system know enough to charge (or refund) the difference? Or, will EBCI simply no longer be transferrable? |
Someone should promote everyone who works in WN's marketing department, the spin on this is amazing.
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