Do you usually fly United Airlines home for Thanksgiving? Targeting a return date of Sunday, November 30? Think again.
Others have noted United's decree to return to the Saturday night stay. Now it appears they are also betting on peak travel days. With the hubub over Southwest's opening of its fall and winter schedule, I did a quick check on two markets for the Thanksgiving weekend. United has closed all low inventory for the November 30th travel date. I picked two United markets. NYC-CHI which has plenty of competition. And also PIT-CHI which has far less competition. See below:
United is priced at least 50% above the competition in both these markets.
So, two takeaways:
1. Jump on the competitor fares right now.
2. United is not afraid to be agressive. They are making a play to actually cover costs.
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