cirdan
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I would consider it legitimate for Brightline West to charge higher fares per mile than Brightline Florida, not least because it is an all-new system and will offer considerably higher average speeds and thus greater time savings and competitivity to airlines.You can fly from Ontario, CA (ONT) to LAS for as little as $43 r/t on a weekday on Frontier with zero perks to $230 on the weekend on Frontier. Southwest also has fares on weekends from $253-$430. This is about par for most mainline carriers on the weekends out of LAX, too.
Meanwhile, in Florida, prices can fluctuate from $49 to $199 each way for Smart and $129 to $299 for Premium each way from Orlando to Miami. So, yeah, the article is plausible, and I expect to see much fluctuation.