Now we have the appalling spectacle of City brokers and merchant bankers block-booking seats in cinemas for their staff outings. God save us.

现在却出现了花旗银行经纪人和商业银行家们为员工活动成批预订影院座位的奇观，天啊！

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Those booking a block of seats get them at reduced rates.

那些一次预订大量座位的人可以享受折扣价。

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This behaviour could be due to consumers' response to factors such airline promotions or booking earlier to secure seats due to airline capacity cuts.

这种行为的原因可能是客户对航空公司促销等活动的回应，或者更早预订以确保在运力压缩的情况下订到座位。

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The survey is based on 7, 000 booking requests for two seats at the lowest mileage level, now often called "saver" awards, at 25 airlines.

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Some fliers set clocks to request free tickets at midnight 331 days, or about 11 months, before departure traditionally the moment airlines open a flight for booking only to find no seats available on popular flights.

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The venue said if any of those customers who have booked for these shows can make alternative travel arrangements to get to the WMC and can present the ticket office with confirmation of their specific booking with Diamond Coaches and ID, they would be given seats.

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