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Old Jul 4, 2015, 4:50 am
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Originally Posted by Amex For Children Of Africa
Then what is their logic behind this? I am willing to spend $400 RT on flight right now, but the only way to get seats together is to pay for these "main cabin extra" seats, and not even an option to buy these "premium" seats? This is a great way to lose customers, but I guess the flight will fill up anyway.
The logic is the increase in revenue from blocking seats is greater than the loss in revenue from people who chose not to fly AA.
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