Originally Posted by
jb008
On some flights that are oversold, or where they could potentially sell a Y/B/M ticket if they knew 24-36 hours out that your V/X ticket is just going to otherwise go out empty there is some potential value to advance notice. I know my business commute route they don't oversell allllll that often, but they do sell tickets <24 hours before the flights; having more availability to sell last minute there has some major revenue opportunities for DL.
I agree but they also know what the historical averages are. I am willing to bet in market that sells 125 tickets not a lot of last minute y/b/m are sold.