ILSstud
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That is OBSCENE...come on people....seriously??
That is OBSCENE...come on people....seriously??
They ALL need to raise their prices. They are ALL losing money because they are afraid to lose fairs.Oh lordy the classic raise ticket prices response. Its not that simple. What do you look at when you buy a ticket period? You look at the bottom line and that's the price. So for anyone to be competitive they must keep their fare low as others have.
Exactly. It has to be a fare hike across the board. And they shouldn't worry about what Southwest is doing since they A) Have a different business model and B) Rarely have the cheapest fares any more.They ALL need to raise their prices. They are ALL losing money because they are afraid to lose fairs.
Ok. Explain to me why you can't raise ticket prices across the board?argh! You cant just raise PRICES! Someone else come in and shed the light for these people!
I worked for DL at FRA for 6 years and was a ticketing supervisor...so if you would not mind, please do shed some light on this.argh! You cant just raise PRICES! Someone else come in and shed the light for these people!
I know it does, here's why it's not so simple. Fuel isn't 100% of the airlines operating costs (although it sure is approaching it!!!).Free meals? There's no such thing! It was built in the price of the ticket. If fuel has gone up 52% then fares should go up 52%. Seems simple to me...
For one it's illegal. Google "Sherman Anti Trust Act" for some good reading.Ok. Explain to me why you can't raise ticket prices across the board?
That's great. Some people will. Midwest also is reducing flights 40% and asked their union for a 40% pay cut. The FO's there will make less than I make as 50 seat RJ FO.I just flew Midwest out to LGA from MCI and back last weekend. Totally full aircraft both ways. The ticket prices were 15-20% more than the competition when I booked on Midwest. But the service is better and it was a direct flight. People WILL pay more!
So what is better? Slowly outpricing each other while they each die a slow death or raise prices or focus on customer service and cut expenses until they reach a profit or go belly up?For one it's illegal. Google "Sherman Anti Trust Act" for some good reading.
That's great. Some people will. Midwest also is reducing flights 40% and asked their union for a 40% pay cut. The FO's there will make less than I make as 50 seat RJ FO.
Well the ones that raise prices quickly also quickly go out of business...so I guess pick your poison...?So what is better? Slowly outpricing each other while they each die a slow death or raise prices or focus on customer service and cut expenses until they reach a profit or go belly up?
Either way sucks, but I don't see how any airline can plan long term for Plan A.
Southwest is already in the process of putting hand held CC readers on their planes.Heck if we had a way to go to credit card they would even do better because we all know that people dont think too much when it comes to swipping that thing.