The phrase "a major fare" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a significant cost or price, but the word "fare" typically relates to transportation costs or food prices, which may not fit all contexts.
Example: "The concert tickets had a major fare increase this year, making it difficult for many fans to attend."
Alternatives: "a significant cost" or "a substantial price".
However, I recently booked a flight from Kennedy Airport because of a major fare savings.
American, in fact, did have a major fare sale on Wednesday, the day after its bankruptcy filing, with deep discounts on about 3,400 flights, Ms. Bryan said.
They're really hoping to avoid starting a major fare war" that might spread competitively to the most lucrative business-travel routes from major hubs like New York, Chicago and Dallas.
Instead, the agency has had to rely more on borrowing, so much so that critics have warned that a major fare increase will be necessary down the road and that even with one, the agency could find itself unable to pay for any new projects or major repairs for many years.
Even as Mr. Conway's critics note his courtly, polite manner, they assail policies on his watch, like allowing the state to stop its longstanding practice of contributing to the authority's huge capital programs and leaving the agency in a mountain of debt, so much so that a major fare increase may eventually be necessary.
A16 NEW YORK/REGION B1-7 M.T.A.'s Spending Plan Is Unsound, Analysts Say Government and private analysts agree that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's $16.5 billion capital improvement plan is a disaster-in-waiting that would force a major fare increase.
"While they do that and figure out what works," she added, "there are certainly a lot of opportunities" for finding major fare discounts on international premium travel.
And at least one major fare distributor, Sabre, which runs a computer system that allows travel agents to see flight and fare information, joined the fray on Wednesday, announcing that it would end its distribution deal with American in August — a month before the end of its contract — and, in the meantime, would make American fares harder to see in its displays.
AMERICANS who postponed vacations this summer hoping that airlines would announce major fare sales have had good reason to be disappointed: there haven't been any, at least nothing comparable to those a few years ago.
Critics of the M.T.A. financing plan say that it would saddle the authority with so much debt that it would force major fare increases, and leave the agency unable to borrow more money to pay for future plans.
In the first major fare cuts since the terrorist attacks three weeks ago, United Airlines said yesterday that it was cutting business fares in the United States and Alaska by as much as 50percentt and was eliminating the Saturday-night stay for tickets bought 10 days or three weeks in advance.
