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Old Dec 7, 2010 | 3:03 pm
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Originally Posted by jjglaze77
I agree with the OP! While I understand supply & demand, it would seem that DL is the only airline anticipating a huge demand for this event. I will be working the event and have been looking at fares quite frequently. From my home airport, DL wants over $1k whereas every other carrier is $250-$400. It's a connection any way you slice it (except WN), so I fail to see how they feel they can get such a high premium over other carriers. Company travel policy = lowest available fare = not flying DL to BCS game for me.
Because they DID. They would not be selling at $X if they did not think they could...this just means DL is confident it will sell all its seats. The other guys will go up (100% for certain) as soon as they are that confident.
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