Brilliant idea: unsold seats sold at auction!!
Jan 17, 2000 | 1:01 pm
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Brilliant idea: unsold seats sold at auction!!
I just came acrosss this amazing website:
AOM French airlines puts its unsold seats on sale by auction every monday!!!
Looking at what these seats go for, you can get a LAX-ORY RT for USD 167.!!!!!
This is a terrific idea- way ahead of those silly efares and the like- which is BOUND to take off.
Can't wait to try it.
It's all in French but ccheck it out
http://encheres.aom.fr/
[This message has been edited by Droneklax (edited 01-17-2000).]
AOM French airlines puts its unsold seats on sale by auction every monday!!!
Looking at what these seats go for, you can get a LAX-ORY RT for USD 167.!!!!!
This is a terrific idea- way ahead of those silly efares and the like- which is BOUND to take off.
Can't wait to try it.
It's all in French but ccheck it out
http://encheres.aom.fr/
[This message has been edited by Droneklax (edited 01-17-2000).]
Jan 17, 2000 | 2:05 pm
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<Blantant Commercial Plug> I own the domain AirplaneTicketAuction.com if anyone wants to buy it. </Blatant Commercial Plug>
- Derek
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- Derek
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50 cents an hour not a big Advantage?
Be paid $20-$120 an hour with BePaid.
http://www.bepaid.com/users.rhtml?REFID=10063853
Jan 17, 2000 | 5:50 pm
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I know.. Although from what I have heard, it's actually not a bad airline in business/first. A very refined friend of mine actually swears by them.
But I hope that other airlines will follow suit on the concept. Sure makes sense to me.
But I hope that other airlines will follow suit on the concept. Sure makes sense to me.
Jan 18, 2000 | 2:13 am
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Bonjour tous
J'ai regard les rgles de l'enchre.
Malheureusement vous devez habiter en France pour tre ligible.
Je veux piloter Sydney en Nouvelle-Caldonie ainsi j'ai crit une lettre AOL. Peut-etre qu'ils peuvent trouver 2 billets bon march pour moi.
acclamations Peter
J'ai regard les rgles de l'enchre.
Malheureusement vous devez habiter en France pour tre ligible.
Je veux piloter Sydney en Nouvelle-Caldonie ainsi j'ai crit une lettre AOL. Peut-etre qu'ils peuvent trouver 2 billets bon march pour moi.
acclamations Peter
Jan 18, 2000 | 9:35 am
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This is why Priceline is such a ridiculous notion. you have to be pretty desperate to save a buck, to let anyone take your money upfront and THEN put you on any airline or any hotel at any time, without any possibility of saying NO. Never gonna use them until they change those ridiculous rules.
What AOM is doing is, I think, much better. They are saying, we have empty seats on this flight, on this date, how much are you willing to pay us to get on?
What AOM is doing is, I think, much better. They are saying, we have empty seats on this flight, on this date, how much are you willing to pay us to get on?
Jan 18, 2000 | 9:47 am
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Priceline is not a true auction! For one thing, as noted, the restrictions are ridiulous. For another, they already have a set price that they (or the airlines) will take. If you happen to bid and hit or exceed the price, you get the seat. It is not a highest bidder wins situation which I believe is what AOM is doing.
Jan 21, 2000 | 8:13 pm
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