The timing for ticket sales to the public is to be announced in the fall.
This random assignment provided us with an exogenous source of variation a variation over which the beneficiaries had no control in the timing of Ticket mailing relative to program rollout start in each phase, which we use to identify the impacts of duration to Ticket mailing on beneficiary outcomes.
We use variation in the intended mail month to rigorously estimate how the timing of Ticket mailing affects beneficiary outcomes over the following 48 months, then use the estimates to draw inferences about impacts of TTW (versus no TTW) over the same period.
It advertises flights from £89, going up to £279 depending on timing and type of ticket.
Andy Hunt, the BOA chief executive, said: "There is absolutely no connection whatsoever between the timing of the announcement and ticket sales".
"The group has made key assumptions in relation to its ability to secure further funding in addition to the timing and value of season ticket income, increases in matchday income and sponsorship, the timing and value of dividends and further cost reductions.
These are real costs, and they are compounded by ticketing practices, which demand perfect timing.
You have about as much chance of timing the bottom as buying a winning lottery ticket.
BOA chief executive Andy Hunt said: "There is absolutely no connection whatsoever between the timing of the announcement and (the new batch of tickets)." Those who applied by post for tickets will receive a letter by Friday, when the second round of sales begins.
Virgin Atlantic has experimented with staff using it for identifying and greeting upper class passengers at Heathrow - with data about their tickets and timings shown in the small screen above the right-hand eye.
