Originally Posted by
NextTrip
I'm not even talking about last minute purchases. I'm talking about the OP and others booking in advance. When the OP bought the WGA, it may have been the last one in the fare bucket. Then, someone else came along looking to book and WGA was sold out...in advance (like, for instance, a month ahead of time). The other passenger may have gone ahead and booked with another airlines, because WGA was sold out and Anytime or BS was too expensive. Am I making sense?
I'm missing what this has to do with the flat-tire rule. You don't consider the fact that if a WGA fare sells out, the next flyer will buy the higher ticket price anyway because WN is still cheaper, more convenient, or they are a loyal WN flyer, etc. Like every airline, WN wants to keep seats available for the higher fare last minute flyer. Loosing a few pax because a WGA fare bucket is sold-out is acceptable if you can fill the remaining seats with higher fare pax.