Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Increase Ticket Prices

Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by monksy on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @12:09AM (#13306884)

They used not to include it in the price and surprise you about it later. They knew that UA was being compared to DL to AA. Each of those companies had different prices that they paid for fuel. The other bit about that, when the fuel markets fall.. you rarely see the airfares fall as well. Right now it's incredibly low, but that's really rare. (Seeing 200/400$ fares of US->EUR flights)

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by will_pseudonym on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @05:38AM (#13308237)

I'm also guessing they could buy "fuel futures" if they really wanted to, to prevent them from being hurt by price changes.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by hyperbovine on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @06:33AM (#13308460)

Southwest pioneered this practice, I'm guessing they all do it now.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by douche on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @07:37AM (#13308691)

Airlines are locked in on their fuel prices years and years in advance. Doubtless many of them are still futured into paying the jet fuel equivalent of $4/gallon for gasoline.

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