"bunny" wrote in message
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"PTravel" wrote

That's a little misleading, though, as the airlines will use those
"empty" seats for non-revs, over-solds, middle-seat-blocks for premium
fliers, etc.

That's right, and part of that 'etc' is that an empty seat means more
cargo can be loaded. That makes more money for the airline than a
discount butt in a seat.



The cargo analogy is the by far the best explanation of this phenomenon.