Originally Posted by
mfirst
but, if the ticket prices can varying within a bucket on a minute-minute basis, does that negate some of the reasons to have so many buckets?
I believe fare bucket is archaic. With the advanced IT, airlines should be able to distinguish every ticket from a flight and attach different sets of price and rule to it. However, since it is well established and widely used in the industry, I do not see it to be replaced anytime soon.