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“Southwest didn’t appear once” Southwest flights don’t show up in online airfare searches — just their own website.
by alanh 16y ago
“Southwest didn’t appear once”
Southwest flights don’t show up in online airfare searches — just their own website.
- jrockway 16y agoI think he is paying Mechanical Turkers to look up the prices. But it's suspicious that AA is missing, who is also not listed on many search sites. (But in general, Southwest is often not the cheapest fare. They do have cheap fares, but if some other airline wants its market, it can use its high-profit routes where Southwest does not fly to subsidize its low-profit routes where Southwest does fly. Southwest is 50% advertising and 50% good customer service, where the other airlines are 100% "revenue management". Both models seem to be working.)
- smackfu 16y agoAnother difference is that Southwest won't try to compete with a non-stop that they don't have. NYC to LAX round-trip is $500+ on SWA, with a stop. Other airlines it is $300, non-stop.