Originally Posted by flyerCO

Is it possible what actually was said, was meant to be understood more along the lines of "this is the maximum that is going to be offered for flights to AAA today" or "this is the maximum offer that we are offering today based upon current bookings." I'm highly doubtful that an agent would make a blanket statement of $500 is the maximum offer for VDB for all flights today. I think they assumed that the OP like most others would understand that they mean for flights to that city, and based upon current bookings.