Ok I am certainly not one to promote shopping around – ie via Travel Agents – however shopping and asking various tour operators can be adventitious as I have learned this week. Here is why – and I us Mauritius as reference in this article – various operators punt / push and sell various properties in Mauritius, so looking for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘availability’
Yield management
December 18th, 2009
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This is somethingw e have touched on before here: http://www.travelblog.co.za/travel/my-agent-says-the-flight-is-full/ However as w are in peak season we encountered many questions as to why the fare levels are different. Airlines have a system in place that is called yield management. This is for the airlines to maximize their earning potential on flights. So in a [...]
My agent says the flight is full!
July 28th, 2008
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Here is something that comes up a lot: My agent says the flight is full! However when I go to the airlines website there is availability? Well the airlines have something in place called Flight Optimisation. This means they need to get the flights filled with the best paying tickets. So they release a certain [...]
