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Join Date: Sep 2000
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For round number purposes, say United can fly 200 people to China a day (I believe the actual number is tied to aircraft capacity)…They surely offer all 60 business class seats for sale on the aircraft, leaving 140 PP/Y seats for sale. As the flight gets closer, they release more Y seats because those are selling, but J isn’t on these days. Each time they add more Y inventory (and subsequently sell it), they take away from the J inventory, essentially blocking off another J sale. Y is still under capacity, as is J, and when they sell the seat, the person (count) increases, but not beyond the capacity of Y.
The second flight you reference on the 24th…For sale right now, it shows J2 and Y1 left for sale. If I bought a Y seat now, J would also reduce by 1, and add another “blocked” to the list. There are a ton of J seat open, but they’ll only sell 2 more. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck…