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May 24, 2015, 10:18 am

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Originally Posted by rankourabu

ok, so its on average 5% higher for AC then. So I guess their fares should be 5% higher

lol!

Well, if only economics worked that way... Anyone could get a PhD in it in about 2-3 weeks TOPS!

IMHO, I think that a 5% difference is probably just enough to wipe out the cheapo fares from the fare map.

124 economy seats x 5% = 6.2 seats. Could be the difference between T6 and T0? *shrugs*

If my airline would sell all its allocated cheapo fares way before the competition, I would be comfortable waiting to sell the remaining seats at a higher price while the rest of the competition struggles to find the rest of the price sensitive market.

I find AC and WS prices to be generally in line with each other (from the little I have seen).