The Irish carrier was repositioning itself as a low fares point-to-point carrier, while Oneworld's focus was on the multisector, premium, frequent international travellers' market.
"More than 5,500 lives are lost every year and more than 157,000 people are hospitalised," FARE points out on its website, "making alcohol one of our nation's greatest preventative health challenges".
But keep in mind that low-cost carriers do not necessarily provide the cheapest fares on point-to-point routes in Europe.
Business-class fares, he points out, often yield extra qualifying mileage credit.
After the relative feebleness of some recent Allen fare (Match Point, Cassandra's Dream), it was heartening to see the director back at his very best.
Airlines are precluded by law from discussing competitive pricing, but Mr. Parsons said that Northwest was in the driver's seat if it decided to raise fares at any point.
For the average Uber passenger paying L.A. fares, that crossover point would happen at 9,481 miles a year — which, to be honest, isn't a ridiculously low mileage for someone to amass in that period of time.
But board members said it would be irresponsible not to raise fares, and they pointed the blame squarely at the State Legislature, which this year redirected subsidies meant for the transit agency.
"Obviously if you raise the commuter fare to a point where you discourage people from using the system and they take cars in the city, we all suffer the effects of increased pollution, less mobility and lost revenue to the M.T.A.," he said.
The switch allows the airlines to reward their biggest spenders and reduces the number of travelers who fly long distances on the cheapest fares to collect points.
Those who were meeting physical activity guidelines at only one time point fared no better than those who were meeting the guidelines at neither baseline nor 1-year follow-up.
