A method and system for optimizing revenue management in a travel environment

摘要

A method of allocating capacity in a vehicle, such as an airplane, which vehicle has a scheduled departure time and a predetermined starting and finishing location and wherein the capacity comprises an inventory of passenger spaces which can be sold to a user, the method comprising: - determining at a predetermined time before the scheduled departure time, the number of currently available passenger spaces; - determining if any of the available passenger spaces can be made available for alternative uses; - receiving a request for available capacity in the vehicle from a third party to carry a load of cargo having a measure; - converting the available passenger spaces into an equivalent load having said measure based on a predetermined conversion factor; - allocating the equivalent load a required capacity; - updating the number of available passenger spaces now available in the inventory on the basis of the equivalent load and the conversion factor.