The people really affected will be families traveling on vacation who will now find themselves having to pay more if they want to take their suitcases with them (either in extra bag fees or by paying for
regular Economy Class fares which will now cost more).
I was able to find the same Basic Economy fare, but unable to find a method online to book
a regular economy class fare.
I've read reports that, despite the fact American is still allowing some of its elites to reserve Premium Economy seats for the cost of
a regular Economy Class fare (that why I'm flying in PE in a few weeks), the airline is still offering a full Premium Economy product.
Despite this I always buy
a regular Economy Class fare rather than a «hand baggage only» fare (HBO fare) because I want to be able to select a seat in the exit row for what is a long flight (for short - haul).
Not exact matches
If passengers don't want to pay a fee, they will have to pay a higher
fare — conveniently, it's often the same sum as the baggage fee — to upgrade to
regular economy class.
Flights are already on sale for the Boston — Las Vegas route with roundtrip
fares starting at around $ 257 for Basic
Economy, $ 287 for
regular Economy Class and $ 447 for Delta Comfort +