Method of marketing for the airline transportation industry

摘要

A method for providing airplane transportation service is disclosed. A customer is allowed to purchase a first number of flight units, which can be used on any one of a group of airlines. A customer flight request is received to depart a particular airport at a particular time, on a particular day, for a particular destination. It is determined if the first number of flight units is greater than an anticipated number of flight units for a typical flight departing from the particular airport for the particular destination. The customer is booked on a first flight of a plurality of flights if the first number of flight units is greater than or equal to the anticipated number of flight units for the typical flight, wherein the first flight is closest in time of the plurality of flights to the particular time specified by the customer flight request.