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Old May 6, 2006 | 9:31 pm
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Originally Posted by cova
The increases look like they are mostly due to changing the fare category inventory - not necessarily eliminating the lower fares - just zeroing out the lower fare buckets.

I think you're on to something here. It will be interesting to see if the fare changes stick. The load factor has been pretty good, so it's not surprising to see the airline try to coax more money out of the consumer.
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