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Originally Posted by tvp2003
Chris,
I see that Westjet is matching the $198 flights to Mesa (as posted on your webpage); yet they aren't even showing up on their website? Is that because they don't want to undercut their own prices to Phoenix? Are these separate charter flights or something?
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It's possible they're purposefully not making them available on WestJet.com and that could definitely be a reason why. But they certainly weren't shy about releasing a press announcement regarding the 'new route'.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...602246095.html
"We are proud of our expanding network of more than 100 cities in over 20 countries, and our reputation as an established, trusted brand with more than two decades of service to Canadians," said Bob Cummings, WestJet Executive Vice-President, Commercial.
"We have provided hundreds of thousands of our guests with non-stop service between Canada and Phoenix since 2004, and now look forward to bringing low fares and our signature brand of caring, friendly service to our second destination in Arizona."
"And, oh yeah, we want to drive New Leaf into the ground," Cummings added with a smirk.
The other thought I had was that this was such a last minute decision, to compete directly with New Leaf's new route, that they haven't even had time to add them, or update their own website, with the ability to search them.
Once they load the fares into a GDS system (global distribution system) for airfares, they start to become available on other booking sites, like FlightHub and FlightNetwork where they are starting to appear now.