Go Back  Airline Pilot Central Forums > Airline Pilot Forums > Major > American
$30 AA one way fares to some cities >

$30 AA one way fares to some cities

Notices

$30 AA one way fares to some cities

Old 07-20-2020, 10:58 AM
  #11  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Andrew_VT's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 581
Default

Originally Posted by drinksonme View Post
Almost all our passengers were group 9. I looked a last minute group 9 fare as we were boarding and it was $30.00. I’ve seen $50.00 from ORD to MCO long before COVID.
Yup, and then the flights get oversold and they start offering $800 vouchers at the gate.... for $30 tickets. Genius!
Andrew_VT is offline  
Old 07-20-2020, 11:32 AM
  #12  
Are we there yet??!!
 
Joined APC: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,010
Default

Originally Posted by Surprise View Post
Then tell your D3 to buy a ticket? Seems like a better deal with less headache. In fact I did that for my brother in law last month.
I think you misunderstand what I am trying to say.
In the past the company has said that D3 charges were to cover the cost of the flight and to be cost neutral, at least something to that effect. So with this super cheap fares either we are flying at a loss or the company is making money on Non-Revs.Which is it. Yeah these fares under $50 aren't new. I saw a few fares last year (PHL-MCO) for under $30.
To be honest, I rarely give out any passes.To much of a headache for the traveler and non-reving is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

The previous poster beat me to the voucher thing.

Last edited by Thedude; 07-20-2020 at 11:55 AM.
Thedude is offline  
Old 07-20-2020, 11:36 AM
  #13  
Are we there yet??!!
 
Joined APC: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,010
Default

Originally Posted by LabDad06 View Post
Some of us furloughed Compass and TSA folks want to travel too. Lost our jobs and our flight bennies.
Why should any labor group (or company) subsides passenger travel?
I have been furloughed multiple times and if I wanted to travel I had to pony up and buy a ticket. Why should you be different?

Last edited by Thedude; 07-20-2020 at 11:50 AM.
Thedude is offline  
Old 07-20-2020, 01:13 PM
  #14  
Gets Summer Off
 
Joined APC: May 2009
Position: AA
Posts: 667
Default

Originally Posted by Thedude View Post
I think you misunderstand what I am trying to say.
So D3s are overpriced? Fair enough, I’ll agree with that.
Surprise is offline  
Old 07-20-2020, 01:48 PM
  #15  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 699
Default

Originally Posted by senecacaptain View Post
Just saw with my own eyes some one way fares of $30 via some perusing on the mobile app.

Hopefully this is the minority, not the majority, of the fares the folks being counted on TSA travel numbers are paying
With the government paying the labor costs and cheap gas, we are probably making money on some of these.
daOldMan is offline  
Old 07-20-2020, 06:05 PM
  #16  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Aug 2009
Position: A320 CA
Posts: 282
Default

American Airlines invented Yield Management. The $30 seat sold at a loss is better than an empty seat "worth" $X.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_management

I'd bet the price of the D3 is closer to what it takes to cover the company's costs of filling that seat.
kme9418 is offline  
Old 07-20-2020, 07:08 PM
  #17  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: May 2017
Position: 175 CA
Posts: 1,285
Default

Capacity dumping, airfare wars.

Feels like we're right back to 2003.
Varsity is offline  
Old 07-20-2020, 08:25 PM
  #18  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,107
Default

Originally Posted by LabDad06 View Post
Some of us furloughed Compass and TSA folks want to travel too. Lost our jobs and our flight bennies.


But they were so generous to allow us to nonrev until 30JUN....when it was damn near impossible to get anywhere during that time. We never did get our “pro rated” fees back. I’m sure Saint Louis pocketed that money


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Av8rPHX is offline  
Old 07-21-2020, 04:13 AM
  #19  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Feb 2019
Posts: 195
Default

Originally Posted by Thedude View Post
I think you misunderstand what I am trying to say.
In the past the company has said that D3 charges were to cover the cost of the flight and to be cost neutral, at least something to that effect. So with this super cheap fares either we are flying at a loss or the company is making money on Non-Revs.Which is it. Yeah these fares under $50 aren't new. I saw a few fares last year (PHL-MCO) for under $30.
To be honest, I rarely give out any passes.To much of a headache for the traveler and non-reving is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

The previous poster beat me to the voucher thing.
nonrev may come back in vogue.... post 911 it was easy as crap to get on anywhere for many years at least on USAir.
mkitrn is offline  
Old 07-21-2020, 06:25 AM
  #20  
patience
 
Joined APC: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,068
Default

Originally Posted by Thedude View Post
I think you misunderstand what I am trying to say.
In the past the company has said that D3 charges were to cover the cost of the flight and to be cost neutral, at least something to that effect. So with this super cheap fares either we are flying at a loss or the company is making money on Non-Revs.Which is it. Yeah these fares under $50 aren't new. I saw a few fares last year (PHL-MCO) for under $30.
To be honest, I rarely give out any passes.To much of a headache for the traveler and non-reving is quickly becoming a thing of the past.

The previous poster beat me to the voucher thing.
The cares act repealed the tax on tickets and federal tax on jet fuel. I’m sure the non-rev fees will not get updated since the taxes come back next year and AA is losing billions. Just be happy since usair took over AA, employees no longer have to pay to sit in coach while commuting to work.
Systemized is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
j3cub
Allegiant
6367
12-20-2020 08:01 AM
KIGECA97531
Allegiant
25
01-17-2020 06:28 PM
Aero1900
Major
12
01-02-2020 07:50 AM
G-Dog
Regional
236
06-27-2009 02:19 PM
ehe2
Regional
34
06-25-2009 06:17 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Your Privacy Choices