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Old Feb 25, 2003 | 9:12 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dbaker:
That's the intention, njdavid, of the "little strategy." I'm glad to see that it's effective and that you've figured it out.

If you can upset 10 people to make one person happy and still make money on the operation, it's a success.
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The problem with this scenario is that the Y/F buyers are a finite number. If you upset them on their "low fare" purchases, (eg. family vacations, personal trips, etc) they may not come back to buy the full fare tickets. Thats what happened with this former CO Plat.
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