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					Originally Posted by  LSPoorEeyorick
					 
				 
				I get that - I do.  That's quite why I didn't have a problem with it initially.  Except that they HAVE raised prices.  A lot.  Typically it costs us about $400/person to fly right around Christmas (the most expensive time of the year, in my six years of experience with this particular round-trip.)  This summer it's costing twice that.  So they're already charging more - a lot more, 100% more. 
			
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 This is just simply the classic supply and demand playing itself out. There is a higher demand for flights around Christmas time, so they can charge more for it. The exact same flight in say September is probably cheaper.
As a big fan of free markets, I support this. I may not always like it, and it certainly isn't a perfect system, but it is (IMO) the best one available.