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Old Mar 22, 2016 | 6:11 am
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Originally Posted by shuigao
Wonder what the demand will be.

The vast majority of the travelling populace (who will gladly choose a 3 leg flight with 20 hour stopovers if it was 10% cheaper) obviously isn't their target market.

So I guess ... business travelers? I can't imagine my company paying double the price just to get me at the destination a few hours earlier.
Maybe your company won't (mine didn't), but lots of companies pay for business class travel when you cross an ocean or are in the air for long enough. They may have to rewrite their policies if they're now based on flight duration, but there's definitely a market at the J price point.
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