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First class fares coming down

Posted by (Los Angeles) on

per today's WSJ. I'll post a link since some get testy when I post articles, but I can't guarantee it will work

First-class seats have come down out of the stratosphere.

Airlines are dropping fares to entice shoppers to buy more first-class tickets. They also are tempting frequent fliers with round-trip upgrades for as little as $100 or $200 on domestic trips.

The catch: Frequent fliers used to get many more upgrades to first class free. For airlines, the shift in strategy is squeezing more revenue out of their best seats.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/first-class-fares-get-affordable-1432741041
http://time.com/money/3899867/airfare-deals-first-class/

Posted by
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Tried the link but to see more than a few sentences it indicates you need to subscribe or sign in. The time.com link did work for me though.

Posted by
795 posts

Phred, let them get testy. Please post the article. Anyone who gets testy needs to just not read it. Since we always go first class, we'd definitely like to read it. Many of our trips are paid for by my employer but we pay for first class flights ourselves as well.

Posted by
2745 posts

After all, it should be just fine to violate copyright laws. LOL. seriously I figure the risk is to RickSteves.com. That's who gets the fine.

Posted by
4402 posts

The article from TIME sums things up pretty well, and also has a link to WSJ that might work.

The other trick, for some reason, is to use google search to find the article, many times that gets you past the WSJ paywall.

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