Originally Posted by
yoke jerker
shouldn't the whole pricing grid be scrapped and just sell tickets for at least 100 per segment and up and also scrap the focus city thing. put planes all over at various class b airports and run them hard.
heck, i'm making a trip next week on WN for only $56 per segment (including all taxes/fees). i don't think $100 per segment (for your advance-purchased tix) would be a very competetive offering.
ironically enough - to achieve a .09 RASM (which is low, but higher than what SX's CASM was supposed to be once it built enough scale) on a 500 mile trip and a 80% load factor, the average seat revenue would have to be only around $56. i don't think you have to average $100 per seat per segment to make a profit.