Most cartels are forced to price as below. It's only about the competition. Now, should they even think about deciding in lockstep to raise prices to equate somehow to cost, someone will step in, drive cost $1 lower and lower the fare. > why would any> business (especially a capital and operating cost intensive one) want> the revenue model to be completely disconnected from the cost structure?I think that Dennis's point has to be THE most important to remember when you're trying to figure out airline pricing and, ultimately, airline profit and loss.Airlines usually ignore their costs and base their fares on market competitionor lack there of. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software