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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 9:53 am
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Originally Posted by jimbray
I have a question, in a flight (GA, if that matters)
- assuming that Y class is 4 classes higher/more expensive than N class
- assume flight is full
- someone on N class or any class lower than Y decided to refund his ticket
- will his seat be sold by the airline at his purchase class (N) OR
- will his seat be sold at Y class (most expensive) ???

Thanks
I don't think you can consider this in isolation to everything else going on with that flight or even other related flights. For example, what do you mean by 'full'? Perhaps it's exactly full or perhaps it's oversold in certain cabin. Revenue management is a complex dark art.
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