mangalore for those who flew to mumbai from this coastal city last week the fares came as a shocker the starting fares were as high as rs 12000 even this week the starting fares are in the upper bracket in excess of rs 6000 on all flights leaving the mangalore international airport uday khandeparkar sponsor of a private equity fund told toi i have never booked tickets three days in advance as im not sure of my travel dates the tickets never cost me more than rs 6000 even during the busiest of seasons last week fares for the entire week were in excess of rs 12000 i paid rs 14000 clearly something is wrong travel agents say mangaloremumbai fares havent crossed the rs 39006000 range in the past four years the cheapest fare available to mumbai is rs 4100 after may 28 an officer with a travel agency notes that during the summer vacation people try to get the best air fares in reality none of the airlines offers cheap seats since they are blocked by the airlines revenue yield department to give better revenues to the airlines at the cost of the general public he says toi checked fares to mumbai on the websites of airlines and private portals for sameday travel they varied between rs 6200 and rs 14000 even tickets to bangalore dont come cheap they start from rs 5700 earlier these fares used to be as low as rs 2100 the cheapest fare available in this month to bangalore is rs 4100 after may 22 another travel agent who books online says that while airlines dont sell cheap seats private portals try to make a quick buck taking the advantage of flyers requirement most airlines offer only 1012 seats for rs 2849 the cheapest fare and then jack up fares which can go up to rs 15492 on the mangalorebangalore for the same day the airlines have introduced a system of yield management which plays havoc with the peoples budgets the emergency traveller has no option but to buy his ticket