Originally Posted by
JamesBond
Really? If I were Ed, I would want to drive AAL/UAL/JBLU/LUV's costs as high as possible. And vice versa. There is a one time snap that will add a bunch to DAL's costs. DAL + $.01 would do it. It's just dumb to not want to do that, because a lot can happen before the next one and there is a good chance a recession is on the way
I thought the same thing. As a competitor why wouldn’t you match Deltas rate, except for the highest rate where you bump that up. Thereby forcing tens or hundreds of millions of extra costs on your rival.