Sticker shock for Summer Domestic UA fares
May 4, 2022, 8:26 am
#77
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Still below cost. (But you're right if memory serves that market was once as low as $99 one-ways.)
May 4, 2022, 6:57 pm
#78
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Even lower and even before Covid. $150 roundtrip for a non-BE ticket was easy to get a hold of during off seasons.
May 6, 2022, 12:22 pm
#79
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Recent price hikes??
Anyone book a flight in the last two weeks or so? I booked several domestic and international last month and looking at a few more as far as September and prices are insane. $800 PHX to NYC in coach for example. Signs of the times? Or just a surge from things opening up?
May 6, 2022, 12:30 pm
#81
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May 6, 2022, 12:37 pm
#82
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May 6, 2022, 1:01 pm
#83
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Anyone book a flight in the last two weeks or so? I booked several domestic and international last month and looking at a few more as far as September and prices are insane. $800 PHX to NYC in coach for example. Signs of the times? Or just a surge from things opening up?
May 6, 2022, 1:25 pm
#84
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I have noticed this too, a flight out of TPA in mid July is over $350 and the seat map appears like there are about 10 seats booked. I can't really imagine that UA will sell 150 seats at or above $350 out of a leisure destination. I also have a flight later this month where over 1/2 of the seat map is still open and tickets haven't dropped below $250 each way, ...
and 75 @ $350 is better than 150 @ $175
Filling the seats is not the objective, maximizing the revenue is. If others fill up with selling cheaper fares, then UA gets those with not other choices at higher fares.
However, this is a double edge sword, if the others do not fill up, then you got a non-profitable empty flight.
This is where careers are made and lost in revenue management.
May 6, 2022, 1:30 pm
#85
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I think I will wait to get closer in before starting the FFC game, partially because my friends dont fly that often and the prices for LAX to IAD or EWR are quite high. Mid July, mid week are 700-900 RT if you want a direct route and the cheaper flights involve flying the redeyes. The discounted routes are also tragic, I saw 580 RT for LAX-EWR / EWR-DCA transfer IAD-LAX and of course that IAD-LAX flight isnt cheap without that first segment.
May 7, 2022, 12:38 am
#86
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Noticing some significant drops in OW fare for the EWR-SFO direction in the coming weeks -- they were up around $400 and suddenly in the last day came down to more like $200.
Not yet true for the other direction though, oddly enough.
Not yet true for the other direction though, oddly enough.
May 7, 2022, 5:04 am
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May 7, 2022, 2:05 pm
#89
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You just cancel the ticket online, the $ goes into your past tickets value store in your account (not "Travelbank") and you buy a new ticket against that value on checkout.
