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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 8:21 am
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Originally Posted by parnel
Originally Posted by Ken hAAmer
This guy's just been sucked in by AC's spin that there are only 5 fares on any given domestic route, when in fact there are 5 fare "categories" each of which may have a dozen or more individual fares. And a big chunk of those fares are NOT "available until the cabin door closes."
I've been flying a lot in the last few weeks and most fares on my routes have behaved normally with lower fares going to zero first and then the higher ones as the plane fills up..................the flights are actually very full. Your comments are distasteful and untrue.
I don't quite understand what you're getting at here. Ken's point is that, although the a seat in the Tango category may be available up to the door closes, the price of a fare in that category rises closer to the departure time. Aren't you saying the same thing? The article does seem to elide the distinction between the fare itself and the fare category, which I think is misleading to the uninitiated.
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