1.   If one can spread a core cost over a larger operation one can offer cheaper fares.

2.   The bus company offers discount fares to pensioners.

3.   Amtrak and USAir are also offering discounted fares to Philadelphia.

4.   And many Japanese flying tourist-class overseas have been lured away by foreign airlines offering cheaper fares.

5.   As larger companies are formed, industry analysts say that smaller lines like Regency will have more and more difficulty offering competitive fares and building or buying new ships.

6.   Beginning with flights to four cities from MacArthur Airport in Long Island, Southwest will offer fares that are as little as half of the lowest comparable fares.

7.   A similar fare was offered on the British Airways Web site.

8.   A spokeswoman for Woodhull Hospital, Maria Reyes, denied that the woman was kept waiting long and said that it is hospital procedure to offer cab fare home.

9.   A year later, an ill-conceived strategy to set up a division offering discounted fares left the airline on the verge of bankruptcy.

10.   Air Canada and Canadian Airlines both offered cut-rate fares to Montreal for the event.