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Old Jun 6, 2019, 12:39 am
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ftnoob
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This is likely to be a year of little to no air travel for us, so I've hardly checked any fares all year. In late April, however, I looked at some summer fares for a friend and was surprised to see the calendar showed most days in July had at least one $117 option (first and/or last of two N/S options on the route). By comparison, dead season fares on the route are $99. Note that late April is after the MAX8 grounding, and that it is unlikely the number of CPs has dramatically spiked just since then.

Now the lowest fare on the route in July is $176. Sure would be nice to have the fare matrix available to see if that's due to filled buckets or to fare hikes.

Just one data point.
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