By the day, the evidence mounts for taking action to change the black-out rule: ticket sales across the NFL have been decreasing for the past two seasons and there is an increasing number of people staying home to watch games two conditions that were thus in effect before the economy hit its turbulent patch.

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The one-week change in secondary ticket prices across these regionals makes sense for 3 of the 4 regionals.

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And like any marketplace, prices in the ticket world tend to change at a pretty quick pace leading up to the event.

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Unlike most airlines, Southwest doesn't charge a fee to change a ticket, and it lets customers apply the amount of unused tickets to new bookings.

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Since the product was introduced, complaints about ticket-change fees are way down at American, Mr. Elieson said.

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U.S. carriers this week have been waiving ticket-change fees for passengers with bookings along the East Coast, Mid-Atlantic and in various Caribbean cities.

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When questioned whether she could have been seen as an agent of change instead of Obama, she replied that she was not the lead on the ticket, in a slight jab to US Senator John McCain.

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Working with the "Red Knights" is the Manchester United Supporters' Trust (Must), which is running a vocal campaign to bring about a change of ownership and has recruited nearly 150, 000 members and the fans' group presented the ticket-price freeze as their first "victory".

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