Originally Posted by
NZ*Trout
Let's look at the limit case regarding fare buckets. If one of the domestic sectors is totally zeroed out, should NZ still sell you the cheap fare?
And the limiting case regarding individual sectors; cheap single domestic sectors are continuously advertised, but I often don't get to book those as they are all sold out. Is that unfair?
Sure, perhaps NZ could load [more] inventory that's exclusively combinable with these cheap fares (and eat any additional arbitrage opportunity that creates) - but that's completely related to booking class.
Problem is that even when they were loaded the other day (I checked ~5am, when they were loaded about midnight), I personally couldn't find anything at the deal price from 5-6 NZ destinations across 5-6 different dates through out the advertised period. It appears they havn't loaded any into their inventory