AMR's American Air Introduces De-Facto Fare Increase

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AMR's American Air Introduces De-Facto Fare Increase

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR - news) 's (AMR) American Airlines has tightened restrictions on leisure fares, requiring customers to buy tickets seven days in advance to receive discounts.

Although the de-facto fare increase doesn't appear to be sticking, it signals that demand for air travel has recovered enough for some carriers to try to extract more revenue from each traveler

A real blow to last-minute leisure travel.

[dbaker]

AMR's American Air Introduces De-Facto Fare Increase

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR - news) 's (AMR) American Airlines has tightened restrictions on leisure fares, requiring customers to buy tickets seven days in advance to receive discounts.

Although the de-facto fare increase doesn't appear to be sticking, it signals that demand for air travel has recovered enough for some carriers to try to extract more revenue from each traveler

A real blow to last-minute leisure travel.