Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
That is not the way fares or farelock works.
The most common reason you see a fare price change is a fare class inventory goes to zero and the new price is due to a higher-priced fare class -- it is not the airline changing the "pricing" for the present fare class.
Farelock may not be offered if the fare rule expires or will not meet advance purchased requirements.
That's interesting, I thought the distribution was more like 60% fare bucket being used and 40% fare changing - esp as you get in that 6 week window. You would know, so you're saying it is more like 80% inventory being used?