seat sales

Cheap flight promotions

Seat sales are promotional discounts on airline tickets, typically offered for a limited time to fill empty seats.

Airlines advertise seat sales to generate demand during slow periods: I'm waiting for a seat sale before booking my trip to Vancouver.

The term is especially common in Canadian English; Americans more often say airfare sale or flight deals.

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one way ticket · deal · last minute deals · promotional fares · travel · specials · charter flights · low-cost carriers · reservation · booking · standby list · economy class · basic economy · offers · flight · red-eye flight · budget airlines · bargain

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Opposites
pricing strategy

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Complete ticket price

regular price · premium pricing · standard fare · rack rate · peak pricing

ticket availability/scarcity

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Rosters of hopefuls

standby

availability/scarcity

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No inventory remains

sellout · capacity crowd · full house · waitlist · blackout dates

Family

seat, sale, seats, sales, seated, seating, unseat, unseated, reseat

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G