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Old Oct 22, 2014, 10:16 am
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Originally Posted by injera
following up - around 9pm last night i noticed flights were at $164 which I promptly purchased. They're now back to $178. Both last night and now are in the 'X' bucket.

I guess I had always assumed "X tickets cost $XXX, L tickets cost $XXXX, etc..." clearly i'm wrong.
DL can offer multiple X or whatever fares simultaneously. Some might have longer advanced purchase requirements, require particular times or routes, etc., even though they book into the same inventory class.
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