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Old Jan 6, 2019, 4:27 pm
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Originally Posted by mozilla
How would this work if D-7 and J is empty and PE has 1 seat left, what should the availability look like?

Protect J's premium pricing, cash in on PE but risk going out with J half empty: J9 C4 D0 Z0 P0 O1 A0 R0
Sell your in-demand cabin below value so you can keep selling and start filling the higher cabin, still at a premium vs the lower cabin: J9 C9 D9 Z4 P4 O1 A1 R1
Keep availability balanced with demand and forgo higher pricing on higher cabin (subject of thread): J9 C9 D9 Z9 P0 O1 A0 R0

Or do you mean that the fare pricing isn't optimized enough at this stage and that is where changes should be made?
Assuming literally empty J (which is pretty bizarre at T-7d, but let's assume we got an edge case from a vacation time-frame): J9 C9 D9 Z9 P9 PN9 PZ9 IN9 I9 O9 A9 R9 RN9 and let the AP restrictions in the fare table and op-ups handle the rest of it. LH op-ups from PE to J all the time, and it feels inevitable with such a small cabin.

In a more sane world where J is somewhat lightly booked but not literally empty, I would still expect the cabins to track relatively closely: J9 C9 D9 Z9 P9 PN0 O9 A9 R0 RN0
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