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Old Apr 2, 2007 | 9:19 pm
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Originally Posted by michaelw9
If people know that they will be rock bottom close to departure, or even just, "cheaper", there might be quite a lot customers in large groups that would wait until the last minute where they otherwise would have paid the higher fare in advance.
But there's the rub: nobody can know there will be available seats. So your "if people know.." is false. Besides, CO is already selling last minute seats on the cheap. Look at their weekly specials. So at least on some level my scenario is in effect already.
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