{
  "meta": {
    "title": "Award seat cost calculator: illustrative inputs",
    "updated": "2026-09-30",
    "note": "Invented flight, fares, demand and costs. Not any airline's or programme's data.",
    "currency": "CA$"
  },
  "flight": {
    "label": "An invented 3½-hour domestic flight, economy cabin only",
    "capacity": 150,
    "classes": ["Y", "B", "M", "K", "L"],
    "classNames": ["Flexible", "Standard+", "Standard", "Saver", "Basic"],
    "baseFares": [620, 450, 340, 250, 180]
  },
  "defaults": {
    "preset": "average",
    "marginalCost": { "fuel": 24, "catering": 10, "fees": 16 },
    "payment": 140,
    "fixedAllocation": 6
  },
  "marginalCostNotes": {
    "fuel": "Extra fuel to carry about 100 kg (passenger and bag) for 3½ hours, at roughly 3–4% of the extra weight burned per hour and a jet fuel price near US$185 a barrel (IATA/Platts, September 2026).",
    "catering": "Meal, drinks and amenities for one more passenger.",
    "fees": "Per-passenger airport, handling and distribution costs the airline pays itself (taxes the award passenger pays are left out)."
  },
  "presets": [
    {
      "id": "offpeak",
      "name": "Off-peak midweek",
      "when": "A Tuesday in late January",
      "blurb": "Few people fly: the airline files its lowest fares and still expects to fill about 62% of the seats.",
      "fareLevel": 0.85,
      "demandFactor": 62,
      "cv": 0.30,
      "mix": [0.10, 0.14, 0.20, 0.26, 0.30],
      "awardRequests": 8
    },
    {
      "id": "average",
      "name": "Average",
      "when": "A Thursday in May",
      "blurb": "A typical day: normal fares and expected demand of about 86% of the seats.",
      "fareLevel": 1.0,
      "demandFactor": 86,
      "cv": 0.30,
      "mix": [0.10, 0.14, 0.20, 0.26, 0.30],
      "awardRequests": 12
    },
    {
      "id": "peak",
      "name": "Peak holiday",
      "when": "The Friday before Christmas",
      "blurb": "Everyone wants to go home: peak fares, a richer mix of late, higher-fare bookings, and more demand than seats.",
      "fareLevel": 1.30,
      "demandFactor": 104,
      "cv": 0.22,
      "mix": [0.12, 0.18, 0.22, 0.24, 0.24],
      "awardRequests": 30
    }
  ]
}