In message , at 15:30:19 on Fri, 20
Dec 2013, tim...... remarked:
you cannot possibly infer that just because I disagree with you about
the success that a particular pricing policy has, that I do not
understand the principle involved

Everything you post suggests it. For example that latest comment that
"booking early to get a cheap fare" and "booking indirect routes to
get a cheap fare" are somehow the same thing.

No I didn't say they were the same thing

I said (OK I implied) that they were filling the same seats

Both exist, and are largely independent of each other.

Except that they ARE filling the same seats, so they can't be
independent of each other. As soon as all of the "cheap" early booked
seat have gone I wager you that the "cheap "indirect" seats will be
full too (or vise versa)!

It's entirely possible that some seats on the feeder flights are
reserved for passengers who go on to occupy a vastly more lucrative seat
on a long-haul.
--
Roland Perry