4 nice, simple, easily presented, readily understood & quickly purchased fares vs a bunch of fares with no discernable differences beyond the likeliehood that anything on the low end of the spectrum won't actually have availability on your travel dates? (No, the "fare rules" page doesn't count -- nobody can read that...) (and I'll bet that list is only the "with restrictions" list)tadjr said:
I guess that's because the other sites usually present itineraries by "price" and disregard the flight times you want...Example - I want to fly UAL from MCI to DEN. I say I want to leave at 10 a.m. and return at 2 p.m. What's it show me? 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. return. That doesn't work, so now I have to go and search by schedule. That brings me up a fare, but it's $60 more than the other fare. Southwest is pretty much schedule only...they show the fare that's avaialable and the times you can get them. It's easy to build the itinerary that suits your schedule. And...once you do it, the next screen shows you everything...tax, tag and title. Just like what happens when you book the other guys by schedule instead of price.Busdrvr said:
Sounds like you're describing the US Airway's website...Doc said:
sounds an awful lot like the UAL site also shows you all the times and whatthe cheapest fare is. Maybe the SWA site appears easier since you can't even price something like MCI-DEN. I think they hope for a day when all pax just fly where SWA wants them to fly and drive everywhere else...KCFlyer said:
Sorry I used DEN as an example. Tru SWA doesn't fly there, but then again, just about everywhere they fly that UAL also flies can be done nonstop on SWA. My point was...If you "let" the UAL site find you flights by "price", the site totally disregards the times you have entered and pops up the lowest priced fares they have. Now...if I am in Denver and absolutely CAN'T leave before 2 p.m., then I have to go back are do the whole thing again by schedule. Only after you have selected the flights that you want by schedule is the total fare shown. THAT is no different than SWA's site. And I can do all that in one step.Busdrvr said:
