Finally, the industry would be prohibited from barring customers who engage in creative, fare-saving ticket-buying.
When Air Canada implemented its new pricing structure, it also eliminated many travel restrictions that passengers hated, such as requiring a Saturday-night stay and a round-trip ticket to get the lowest fare.
Both Delta and US Airways have a three-tier redemption structure, offering seats at the basic level, a midtier level at around 40, 000 miles for a domestic coach ticket and a full-fare level for as many as 60, 000 miles for domestic coach round trips.
Passengers are facing their 10th consecutive year of above inflation fare rises, with the average season ticket increasing by 4.2%.
On its website, Virgin Trains warns travellers they will be charged an excess or penalty fare if they board a train without a ticket or attempt to change from standard to first class without a first class ticket.
Now, local fare makes up nearly 50% of South Korean ticket sales, according to Screen Digest.
Higher ticket prices resulted in an 11% gain in the average fare per mile.
They include both screenshots of fare advertisements on the Web and transcripts of phone calls with ticket agents.
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For example, under the industry's byzantine fare structure, it is sometimes cheaper for a traveler to purchase a ticket to a distant city but to leave the plane at an intermediate stopover point -- which is his actual destination.
That was when the city authorities, in a bid to attract drivers of private cars off the road, slashed the ticket prices on the subway -- by more than half in some cases -- and introduced a flat fare of 2 Yuan (30 U.S. cents) with unlimited transfers.
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