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					Originally Posted by  Kevy Baby
					 
				 
				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. 
			
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 What Katie said.
But either way, the fact still remains that people are choosing their flights based on one thing and one thing alone - which flight pops up at the top of a "sort by lowest price" search.  Every dollar they can remove from that ticket price will increase their sales.  They have no choice, any other option means losing money.