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Old Sep 26, 2019 | 7:24 pm
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Originally Posted by ricktoronto
Why would WS give a credit for charges they get nothing from? And 20% off the base beats 0% off the base, if you stop to think about it. 40 cents is 40 cents. It adds up over a decade or so.
WS gets 100% of the YQ charge, as far as I know. That’s $165 on the “$2” fare. If airlines want to have their pricing algorithms call the fare YQ instead of fare, that’s fine, unless they pull this crap where they pretend that YQ isn’t actually fare in a way that matters for consumers.
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