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Old Jun 9, 2016 | 5:16 am
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Originally Posted by Anthony Schneider
Makes me think it may be some weird pricing strategy as opposed to actual seats booked.
Originally Posted by Anthony Schneider
Yeah its the 80 hour thing. They've all been released now. Appears this is just the pricing strategy that prices have tripled despite half the plane having not sold.
There's no direct connection between the number of reservations for a flight, the fares for new bookings for the flight, and the number of physical seats allocated on the planned aircraft. It can confidently be said that what you see has nothing to do with pricing strategy.
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