There once was a day when consumers could visit an airline website and simply purchase a flight ticket.
In North America, Air Canada kicked off the end of that simple process several years ago when the airline introduced branded fares — Tango, Tango Plus, Latitude, and later Executive First Lowest and Executive First Flexible — all with their own attributes.
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