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Old Oct 16, 2015 | 6:32 am
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Originally Posted by rasheed
My main issue with EQP is that flying from smaller airports can be a whole lot more expensive on what would only count as .5 EQP fares. I definitely don't want them to add a fare dollars counter, but I don't know how they reconcile the high fares on 'lowly' fare classes. I think I spent quite a bit to get to EXP for 2016, but it is still closer to 75k EQP.

I think for Y booking domestic road warriors, an EQP focus would discourage earlier bookings especially with the prevalence of corporate travel sites.
You bring up some very valid points in this context.
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