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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 12:59 pm
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Originally Posted by curioustill
"5 or fewer seats left at this price"

So I'm looking at some flights to Sydney during December 2015 and already I see a price saying "selling out".

Is this a marketing strategy or will prices for this flight only increase from now?
It means what is says. Seats are not all the same price. All airlines have fare class buckets*. The seats after these 5 may be a different fare bucket and a higher price. The number of seats in a fare bucket is always changing:- seat yield management at work

* Air NZ fare buckets for airpoints are hard to find
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