American and United Airlines Borrow From Spirit's Flight Plan
Traditional airlines are cutting some of their offered amenities to compete with the fares offered by ultra-low-cost carriers.
In the growing effort to compete with ultra-low-cost carriers that include Spirit (SAVE) - Get Report and Frontier,American Airlines (AAL) - Get Report rolled out a basic economy fare on March 1 and United (UAL) - Get Report will follow suit on April 18. Delta (DAL) - Get Report first offered the fare in 2013. The basic fare abandons many of the amenities associated with these legacy airlines including assigned seats and seat upgrades.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: The Paradox of Basic Economy Fares: American, Delta and United Don't Want You to Buy Them
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