Tuesday, September 4, 2012

"It is unusual for a legacy airline not to have at least one other airline match a domestic hike att




"It is unusual for a legacy airline not to have at least one other airline match a domestic hike attempt," Seaney said in an e-mail. "In this case crickets could be heard chirping as none of Delta's peers lifted a finger in support, leaving them on a limb with uncompetitive pricing for two days."
This comes right on the heels of Delta initiating a $20 fare hike on long-haul hotels near birmingham nec flights and JetBlue doing a shorter-haul hike last week, said FareCompare CEO Rick Seaney. It looks like we re tracking almost like last year which was basically let s get a bunch of fare hikes in early because they had a lot of trouble raising prices later in the year.
At the moment, all four of them are creating a recipe for higher ticket prices, he told msnbc.com, adding that surcharges are also beginning to show up for peak-travel days during spring break and into early summer.
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