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Old 07-19-2020, 09:52 AM
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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
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These fares existed before Covid. Especially to Atlanta and any route we compete with Spirit
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Old 07-19-2020, 03:35 PM
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I would argue that $30 is better than an empty seat.
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Old 07-19-2020, 07:13 PM
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$16 for some routes.
Don't get excited when you see full planes. It's easy to fill up a plane with pax. It's harder to make money from them.
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$16 for some routes.
Don't get excited when you see full planes. It's easy to fill up a plane with pax. It's harder to make money from them.
How full is first class or premium economy these days?
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How full is first class or premium economy these days?
first class is usually full........of dead headers haha
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I would argue that $30 is better than an empty seat.

its complete BS when you can buy a ticket that is cheaper than the D3 charges.
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its complete BS when you can buy a ticket that is cheaper than the D3 charges.
Some of us furloughed Compass and TSA folks want to travel too. Lost our jobs and our flight bennies.
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Originally Posted by Thedude View Post
its complete BS when you can buy a ticket that is cheaper than the D3 charges.
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.
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I am not sure how widespread these prices are, but it’s nothing new. These prices have been available since Group 9 boarding started. I remember doing a BOI-PHX flight a couple of years ago. Almost all our passengers were group 9. I looked a last minute group 9 fare as we were boarding and it was $30.00. As others have said, this is a direct result of competition with ULCC (Spirit, etc) and ultra competitor markets. I’ve seen $50.00 from ORD to MCO long before COVID.
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