Originally Posted by
quili
1) Is there a legal or official definition of full fare? If so, can you provide the link to it?
The definition of a Normal AKA Full Fare can be found in each Carrier's Tariff -- here is a commonly-used one:
Normal Fare means the full fare established for a regular or usual service, the application of which is not dependent upon any limited period of ticket validity or other special circumstances. Unless otherwise specified in the provisions of this tariff, normal fares shall be considered to include the following, all year one-way, round trip, circle trip and open jaw trips, first class, business class, executive class, economy class[..] fares.
http://www.alaskaair.com/as/www2/com..._section1A.asp