Where have the JNB flights gone?
Oct 13, 2014, 10:47 am
#16
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Doesn't blocking out the entire flight until the group stage risk upsetting commercial customers and other business passengers who may expect to travel on your airline for unrelated purposes? Is that just a price one must pay for being uninterested in sport?
Oct 13, 2014, 11:06 am
#17
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The number of "other" passengers (redemptions to SYD excepted!
) booking more than six months ahead is normally so trivial that they are not worth worrying about.On the benefits side, waiting until more information is known can be extremely valuable for market segmentation purposes.
So the costs are negligible and the benefits can be substantial, which looks like a sound business case to me.
Oct 14, 2014, 2:02 am
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I have never seen BA Holiday availability when there is no fare bucket availability. BA Holidays can book in to the G fare bucket but that requires G fare availability of which there is none in this case.
Oct 14, 2014, 5:45 am
#19
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My number one tip
If you have tremendous peace of mind and some flexibility regarding when to travel, wait until perhaps a few weeks before departure to buy your tickets. Every airline will be expensive in advance but when all the fans have their tickets those airlines with weaker revenue management practices will panic and discount heavily because they will realise that they have not sold any seats!
Always happens!
If you have tremendous peace of mind and some flexibility regarding when to travel, wait until perhaps a few weeks before departure to buy your tickets. Every airline will be expensive in advance but when all the fans have their tickets those airlines with weaker revenue management practices will panic and discount heavily because they will realise that they have not sold any seats!
Always happens!
Many airlines complain about sporting events though. There is a lot of unbalanced demand which is hard to serve, and business travel (with higher yields) usually collapses during the period.