<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Beckles:
can't AirTran just buy a seat if it's available no matter what at the published price?
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True, but its probably a competitive advantage for Delta to force Airtran to purchase Delta's full Y fares for passenger accomodation versus Delta buying Airtran's much lower Y fares for its own displaced passengers.
This seems like an inherent advantage for a high-cost carrier as long as there are agreements in place that require an airline to put its passengers on other carriers in the event of flight issues.
[This message has been edited by Murph (edited 09-18-2003).]