Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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One of the reasons is that while I'm deciding on that cheap fare, I'm holding that seat or pair of seats for 24 hours. This means that if I decide to not book, the seats become available for someone else the next day. Also, there are a finite amount of cheap seats, frequent flier seats, and then the rest of the variable pricing of seats.
If the seats aren't being held, I experience it just like you.
Re: paying 1/2 or double for the seat next to you, it depends on the timing. If that person is trying to get to Point B 30 minutes before the flight, the seat has more value to him and he's willing to pay more for that seat.
It seems like a simplistic notion that one could use an analogy to bus since there is transportation mode, stations, timetables, drivers, mechanics, etc. It seems very similar, but the cost of planes, runway fees, airport gate fees, all are much more complex.
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