21.   Airlines want to accommodate business travelers who typically pay full fare, book flights late and show up at the last minute.

22.   Business people are most likely to pay higher fares for last-minute travel and first- or business-class seats that command premium prices.

23.   Business travelers require frequent flights, pay high fares and often fly on short notice, making them lucrative customers for airlines that can offer frequency and flexibility.

24.   But no one paid the fare.

25.   But no airline said it would remove a standby who had already paid the fare to seat a late passenger.

26.   But paying three fares a day made it seem like they were punishing you for living on Staten Island.

27.   Demand for airline flights will grow and people will be willing to pay higher fares, they say.

28.   Especially if the government has to pay the fare.

29.   For example, if a passenger at the airport has not bought a ticket, the fare would be paid at Key Largo, the next ticket outlet.

30.   Foreigners have paid higher fares than Chinese.