Those lowest average fares increased the following week by 5% from the low, and fares in the final week before departure shot up by 30% from the low.

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Traditionally airlines have made seats available for awards far in advance, rarely adding to award inventory in the final 21 days before departure.

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Thursday's 2-1 Coppa Italia defeat to Italian champions Inter Milan proved the final straw and the club released a statement to confirm his departure and Zaccheroni's arrival.

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The whole squad are due to assemble at a holding camp in Surrey the week before departure, but if Munster and Cardiff Blues both reach the Heineken Cup final on 23 May, 14 Lions will be involved in that.

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In 2009, one year after Sampson's departure, there came a final insult: Poor academic performance cost the Hoosiers two basketball scholarships for a season.

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