Originally Posted by
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I believe this is to comply with US regulations requiring that a 24hr hold or 24hr refund period be allowed.
It sounds as though what you are saying is that you can reserve a seat but cannot guarantee that fare basis ABC123 will be available to ticket based on the three-day period mentioned, however, if it is, then the fare associated with fare basis ABC123 will remain the same. Essentially it is a promise that you can lock in the price for a product but cannot guarantee that it is in stock when you actually go to check out at the register. Did I follow you correctly?
But that can't be possible as once you store the fare the airline will guarantee this specific fare until the ticketing deadline. If you have a confirmed reservation in 'A' for fare basis ABC123 with a ticketing deadline next Monday it does not mean that there need to be 'A' inventory on that Monday to issue the ticket as you'll already have a confirmed 'A' seat and the fare will be stored; the plane may already be sold out by Monday but you'll still have your 'A' seat in fare basis ABC123 (so, the product will be in stock until the ticketing deadline
). Even if the airline suddenly pulls the fare it will send notices to agents to ticket un-ticketed reservations.