Originally Posted by
sbm12
To reduce the chance of a schedule change which frustrates those same customers and ultimately costs the company more money. Or just because they hate customers, but that's probably not the case, right?
Also, if the fare is going to be the same anyways why give the company money now, 9 months in advance. May as well sit on it rather than advancing it to someone else.
I tend to book as soon as the schedule is released which is normally at most 7 or 8 months early. I've had them cancel flights I was on twice and both times it cost them money. The first time they had to give me a $150 credit for the inconvenience and the second time they put me on a more expensive itinerary for the same cost. There are often schedule/layover changes, but I'm fine with schedule changes (if I ever complained these could cost the company more money as well).
My cancelled flights were September flights. I can understand them waiting on the more expensive / more important December flights.