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Old 02-20-2013 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Normann
Interesting. May be they are dropping the hammer on us in LGA. I too did not find any date where we are the cheapest on that route. Same for FLL-ORD. Delta is matching our price out of FLL on the LGA route. On the other hand:

FLL-ATL us 73.90 Delta next with 126.90
FLL-BWI us 53.90 Tranny next with 68.90

... and that is typical.

If Delta is matching or beating our price, I guarantee you, they are taking a loss. We are tiny. We can't get into a war with Delta. This is nothing new. May be next for sale are the LGA slots. They are worth a ton of money, and we can use that money for expansion. We pulled out of DCA, sold the slots to SW, went to BWI. Sounds good to me.
Bingo-if you think the majors will let spirit get to the point that they drive fares and control markets, ala the "luv effect", you are smoking some good stuff. At some point, revenue management at entrenched airlines will put the hammer down.