Originally Posted by
ExperimentalAB
Would you expect a low-fare when you're booking a flight for the very next day??? Because that is how you came up with $211. If you would, I might say that you need to do a little homework! Typically, lower-fares are offered to customers purchasing tickets at least two weeks in advance - this is how the vast majority of tickets are sold, and so it is safe to assume that those are "normal" fares.
By the way, your ABQ-ONT fare, when purchased 14 days in advance, comes out to a whopping $91.
And do you honestly think in this world of procrastinating people that everyone buys their tickets 14 days in advance? How about a death in the family? Or a new business proposal that just came out? Would you care to show me statistics that the majority of people buy their tickets at least two weeks in advance? You have NO idea that this is how the vast majority of tickets are sold, therefore it is NOT safe to assume that those are "normal" fares.