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Old May 20, 2011 | 9:08 am
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Originally Posted by bingocallerb22
So they raised the price
Airlines do not "raise" prices, they have Full (AKA Normal) Fares that are applicable at any time ($11 000 in Economy on the YTO-HKG route) and then they provide variable-level discounts off those Fares (with discounted Fares ranging from ~$1 000 to $6 000):

[KVS Availability Tool 6.1.5/Diamond - Sabre: Fares/TVN/CA-STD]
Code:
YTO  Toronto Metro ON CA = YYZ YTZ YBZ
HKG  Hong Kong Intl HK [VHHH]
R/T  May 2011 - Apr 2012

Carrier    From    To    Fare      Cur   AdvanceP  Min  Max  Fare Basis/TD | Travel Period
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  ---  -----------------------------
AC         YTO     HKG      1035   USD        ***        6M  SLCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1153   USD        ***        6M  WLCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1189   USD        ***        6M  SKCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1256   USD        ***        6M  VLXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1307   USD        ***        6M  WKCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1318   USD        ***        6M  VLWCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1379   USD        ***       12M  QLXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1410   USD        ***        6M  VKXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1461   USD        ***       12M  QLWCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1472   USD        ***        6M  VKWCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1533   USD        ***       12M  QKXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1533   USD        ***       12M  HLXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1549   USD        ***        6M  SHCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1575   USD        ***        6M  WLXASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      1615   USD        ***       12M  QKWCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1615   USD        ***       12M  HLWCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1667   USD        ***        6M  WHCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1670   USD        ***        6M  VLXASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      1678   USD        ***        6M  WLWASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      1687   USD        ***       12M  HKXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1732   USD        ***        6M  WKXASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      1769   USD        ***        6M  VHXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1769   USD        ***       12M  HKWCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1772   USD        ***        6M  VLWASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      1790   USD        ***       12M  ULXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1822   USD        ***        6M  SHXCGT
AC         YTO     HKG      1827   USD        ***        6M  VKXASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      1831   USD        ***        6M  VHWCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1835   USD        ***        6M  WKWASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      1847   USD        ***        6M  QLXASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      1892   USD        ***       12M  ULWCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1892   USD        ***       12M  QHXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1924   USD        ***        6M  SHWCGT
AC         YTO     HKG      1929   USD        ***        6M  VKWASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      1944   USD        ***       12M  UKXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      1950   USD        ***        6M  QLWASIA
[..]

[KVS Availability Tool 6.1.5/Diamond - Sabre: Fares/DotRes/US]
Code:
YTO  Toronto Metro ON CA = YYZ YTZ YBZ
HKG  Hong Kong Intl HK [VHHH]
R/T  01 Jun 2011 | 15 Jun 2011 | Economy

Carrier    From    To    Fare      Cur                      Fare Basis/TD
---------  ------  ----  --------  ----  --------  ---  --  -------------
AC         YTO     HKG      1990   USD                      QKXASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      2402   USD                      MKXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      2452   USD                      HKXASIA
AC         YTO     HKG      6629   USD                      BXCG
AC         YTO     HKG      6856   USD                      YXCG
AC         YTO     HKG     11100   USD                      YFFEO
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