Air Fares 101 – Why do fares change all the time?

Re:Air Fares 101 – Why do fares change all the time? by icebraining on Monday December 15, 2014 @10:03AM (#8752281)

For example, decreasing legroom and forcing disabled people into business class tickets they wouldn't have needed, were it 20 years ago when coach seats had enough room, is bad-faith activity.

How are coach ticket prices now compared to 20 years ago? It's not bad faith if it's a way of decreasing prices (by packing more people) for most clients.

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Re:Air Fares 101 – Why do fares change all the time? by jdmichal on Monday December 15, 2014 @12:36PM (#8753146)

User canvia posted information about this in another tree [0][1]. I think a good summary would be decreasing prices up until about 2003, when they seem to level out around the high $300's, with an apparently exceptional drop in years 2009-2010.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8752643 [1] http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/airfares/programs/economics_and_...

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