ILSstud
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2hssF7MnyXo&refer=home
That is OBSCENE...come on people....seriously??
That is OBSCENE...come on people....seriously??
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.
They ALL need to raise their prices. They are ALL losing money because they are afraid to lose fairs.
argh! You cant just raise PRICES! Someone else come in and shed the light for these people!
argh! You cant just raise PRICES! Someone else come in and shed the light for these people!
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...
Ok. Explain to me why you can't raise ticket prices across the board?
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!
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.
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.
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.