someone is paying for these fares - all the flights are full.
and I know that when I travel for work - all on OPM and need to use the corporate travel service - when I need to be somewhere, I need to be there and no one seems to care what it costs......
I will find some cheap fares on a flight with good seat options, but by the time someone signs off on everything and someone actually confirms and buys the tickets - yes, it is a crap shoot