Originally Posted by
Left Handed
That's not what that fee is about. It is about the law that says a person can cancel a reservation within 24 hours and receive a full refund. Which means we can't sell the seat while that person is holding on to it, and if they cancel, we may have lost the opportunity to sell it to someone else in the interim. If a seat goes empty, everyone's costs go up. Other businesses use similar tactics, but nobody seems to get as irate as when an airline does it.
Ahh, see I learned something. I thought this was the fee for publishing a fare in full including taxes. Now here is a guy who has good knowledge of what this fee was really about, and now I see what you say makes sense. Thank you for that.
See what happens when someone makes a rational argument? That wasn't too hard, and someone walks away having learned something new.