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Old Dec 28, 2016 | 9:41 pm
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Originally Posted by golfingboy
It is because they know they can sell more Y seats than F. It is better to sell and overbook Y by 10, than to zero out Y and only manage to sell 2-3 F seats.
I get that, but why not leave the F fare buckets open also?
As they sell F fares, reduce Y inventory at the same rate. I always thought this was standard practice.
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