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On 10/23/2002 11:28:19 AM chipmunn wrote:
HP will not be a threat in the PIT-PHX market, once US gets its costs in line with the competition.[/P]
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US matched HP's initial fare sale. No huge suprise there.
AA is offering PIT/CLT and maybe PHL-(all US west coast destinations) for $220. Fully refundable. No saturday stay. US did not match this, and it's been going on since last week.
Guess who just got $2k of my money? At some point I'll throw HP a trip to LA to keep 'em in market, but...
The difference is that while HP did a big press release annoucing their sale (hence compelling US to match), AA did not, and thus the brain-trust in CCY just thought that the lemmings in the hubs (particularly PIT) would miss it.