I would like to start a thread on inventory challenges for discussion. I have been researching fares vs. inventory for a long time and thought some of the brilliant minds here might have some insight.

Classic example:

Last night CO filed a 14-day L fare from Phoenix - Bangor at .03/mile with proper routing much better, good through 14-June.

There is 0 inventory at the moment on every valid outbound day. Now in theory when you file a fare you should have to provide a bit of inventory (I am sure I have read this is some arcane DOT document) but in practice this happens more than the odd time. Of course in theory querying this afternoon might change things.

Since I am relatively new to this forum I was wondering if any have encountered this sort of situation.

If this has been covered in a previous thread then please merge it, I couldn't find one.

One of our constant goals and challenges has been to not show fares that are unbookable which occurs because of faulty fare rules ( for example a great fare that says non-stop only, but the airline has no non-stops etc) and inventory. We continue to strive for this lofty goal .

Regards,

rosj

oops sorry

I don't think that there is an existing thread on this specific subject matter either - however, there have often been complaints of airlines filing fares that there is little or no availability for - sometimes, there have even been fares filed for routes that they don't even fly.

Either way, this is a more suitable discussion topic for the TravelBuzz forum, which is where I'm moving this thread.

Please continue discussion there.

Thanks!

bhatnasx
MR moderator