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joeljack wrote:Question is, why doesn't southwest do more of this? For example, Oregon is playing at Nebraska and 100% of all Southwest flights leaving Omaha on Sunday Sept 18th are sold out. Even flights to places such as DCA, MDW and STL.
On other airlines, they are basically 100% sold out too. The only airline to increase flights because of this game was Alaska switching the Seattle flight to a -900 vs a -800.
Seems like pretty good money could be made on these football flights. I know for a fact, I watched the Neb-Oregon fares for that game and they have bee $600-$800+ roundtrip for the past 11 months! They never went down and now all flights are sold out out of Omaha everywhere that Sunday on all airlines.
MaxxFlyer wrote:joeljack wrote:Question is, why doesn't southwest do more of this? For example, Oregon is playing at Nebraska and 100% of all Southwest flights leaving Omaha on Sunday Sept 18th are sold out. Even flights to places such as DCA, MDW and STL.
On other airlines, they are basically 100% sold out too. The only airline to increase flights because of this game was Alaska switching the Seattle flight to a -900 vs a -800.
Seems like pretty good money could be made on these football flights. I know for a fact, I watched the Neb-Oregon fares for that game and they have bee $600-$800+ roundtrip for the past 11 months! They never went down and now all flights are sold out out of Omaha everywhere that Sunday on all airlines.
Personally, the last aircraft I'd want to be on is one where a lots of really big, potentially loud and obnoxious college guys are on.
Cubsrule wrote:MaxxFlyer wrote:joeljack wrote:Question is, why doesn't southwest do more of this? For example, Oregon is playing at Nebraska and 100% of all Southwest flights leaving Omaha on Sunday Sept 18th are sold out. Even flights to places such as DCA, MDW and STL.
On other airlines, they are basically 100% sold out too. The only airline to increase flights because of this game was Alaska switching the Seattle flight to a -900 vs a -800.
Seems like pretty good money could be made on these football flights. I know for a fact, I watched the Neb-Oregon fares for that game and they have bee $600-$800+ roundtrip for the past 11 months! They never went down and now all flights are sold out out of Omaha everywhere that Sunday on all airlines.
Personally, the last aircraft I'd want to be on is one where a lots of really big, potentially loud and obnoxious college guys are on.
I did BNA-TPA the afternoon after the Vanderbilt-Florida game last year. The flight was probably half full of people who had obviously been at the game, but it was a fairly normal weekend flight to Florida.
MaxxFlyer wrote:Personally, the last aircraft I'd want to be on is one where a lots of really big, potentially loud and obnoxious college guys are on.
MIflyer12 wrote:MaxxFlyer wrote:Personally, the last aircraft I'd want to be on is one where a lots of really big, potentially loud and obnoxious college guys are on.
Such fan aircraft are usually filled with well-heeled, middle-aged (or older) season ticket holders.