Suppose an airline company has several empty seats on a flight and the full price of an air ticket is $500 while the marginal cost per passenger is $100. The flight leaves in one hour. Which of the following actions will be the best profitable way to to ensure the remaining seats are sold?

What will be an ideal response?


Charge a stand-by passenger more than $100.

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