Originally Posted by
HLCinCOU
Was looking at the changes AA made to special fare rates, and noted that the
table now explicitly differentiates between "fare unavailable" and "special fare" ...the rates are even different for a couple fare buckets. So, I feel like that pretty strongly suggests the bulk=special thing isn't simply a side effect of AA not knowing the fare.
There were separate tables for Special Fares and Fares Unavailable before as well.