Originally Posted by
Justin Case
I read on OMAAT that it was already live for two days before being posted on their website. So my guestimation would be that there were some people who kept it to them selfs or in off-limit communities, until somebody “spilled the beans”.
There are "underground" groups who share good fares among themselves via various means (PMs on FT, Whatsapp, Facebook etc) to prevent it being opened up to the masses via the blogs or on FT. Once that happens, the fare gets too much publicity therefore gets shut down quickly by the airlines.