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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 10:22 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by chfenton:
So my question, does AA (and I suppose other airlines)change the allocation during high demand by allocating less to the discount buckets to make more people buy full Y?</font>
I sure hope they do.

Seriously, if it worked (by "making" more people buy full Y), AA (and everyone else) would allocate fewer seats to L and N the rest of the year, not just around the holidays. They would do it each and every day.

More likely than not, people planned ahead rather than waiting until 30 days out. Plenty of them paid less than full Y, and late planners either pay or stay home.

I have never noticed a problem purchasing L and N and V fares for holiday travel. But January is summertime in Argentina, right??
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