Originally Posted by
Jaimito Cartero
I'd also work in some other discounted rooms, so that people don't feel cheated if they don't get the $20 room. Remember that once deals like this hit the internet, that your website can be really swamped! I think you really need to be prepared for calls from pissed out people who don't get the cheap rooms also.
This is a good point. Since the OP mentioned the Skybus model, I'm under the impression that once the $10 fares are sold out, they go to the next fare bucket, etc, until the final seat are sold at the highest walk-up price.
Thus, if your prices immediately jump from $10 to $100, people might feel "baited and switched". The problem on your end is that your overall revenue would drop if you adopted too many incremental "fare buckets".
But the risk you run is that when people don't get the cheap-o room, they'll be too annoyed to book at the regular rate.