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Jan 21, 2010 | 4:24 am

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DaveTO

Join Date: Jun 2009

Location: YYZ

Programs: AC E; Marriott Platinum

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RCyyz

IMHO this is stupid.

First of all, there's no way the fare is $29. So why even bother advertising it as such?

Secondly, if the all-in fare is $80 then how much money is being made? Assume the plane is full. 200 pax @ $80 each = $16,000. I don't know for a fact, but I'm pretty sure it costs more than $16K to fly an airplane YYZ - YUL. So what's the point?

If they can get a business traveller who flies 20-30 segments per year to switch from AC (or Porter) to WJ, they have more than made up for the lost revenue.

Besides, I'm betting that only a handful of seats per flight are being sold at $29. Once those seats are sold, WJ will sell the rest at normal price.

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