I don't see how we can avoid a significant increase in leisure fares. The business climate just doesn't have room for travel costs that aren't really necessary, and after 9/11, many found that "necessary" stopped far short of what was thought before. Also, business travellers found that flying wasn't fun anymore-it wasn't easy and it was somewhat scary.

The idea of charging 4 or 5 times as much for essentially the same product based on time of purchase is a flawed pricing approach. People will learn how to not be goosed (eg back-to-back tickets, etc) and maybe worse, they will have no hesitation to goose back.

Since whacking the business traveler is no longer enough, I expect a year from now we'll see much fewer leisure bargains, and a real drive to cut all possible costs.