Originally Posted by hillrider
So unless something real unusual happens in the next 40 hours (1) BA does fly less than full--to the tune of a minimum of 18 revenue seats, and (2) BA lost at least $5,500 in revenue from us, plus who knows how much for others who, like us, decided to keep the $5,200 additional fare that BA demanded. And AF seems to have allocated the right amount of discount seats on the flight: they're pretty full, but still able to sell seats for last minute business pax.
I suspect that losing $5200 on not opening up the availability to cheapo tickets is offset many times over by keeping the fares higher and the product a premium one.
One last minute booker alone would bring in more than that $5200 figure you mention.
And there are plenty of people happy to pay that fare to travel in a superior product.