the second largest expense for arables outside of labor today's closer is frontier airlines ceo barry biffleer announced a deal to merge with spiret, creating the cou country's fifth largest airline carrier. welcome back nice to have you >> thanks for having us. >> i don't think you hedged on jet fuel, so how costly is this going to be? >> so no, we do not hedge, but we have a structural hedge in that we're america's greenest airline. most of the industry used about 15 gallons, so we save a considerable amount of fuel. just structurally, while we're not immune, it's a lot easier for us to cover the cost in this environment. >> how are you dealing with it as far as passing it along to the consumer because demand right now is very strong i would imagine, so are you able to pass it on in terms of higher prices >> absolutely. we have actually said recently we have seen the highest sales that we have seen through the pandemic, both in total dollars as well as what customers are paying per fare plus their nonticket. so it's actually exceeding 2019 levels so we believe at this current rate, even wi