Should DL charge us $.50 fee to use the lavatory?(like paid public toilets in Europe)
This is not meant to be a joke... just thinking about what other ways Delta can make and extra buck or two in order to survive. (thereby extending the life of my miles)
DL will start charging for food in the US soon...
Should DL charge us $.50 fee to use the lavatory? (for example, insert two quarters to open the lavatory door)
Think about it, there are plenty of public toilets in Europe and other parts of the world that make you pay a small fee to use the facilities... If you have to "go", you pay for it. (why this concept never caught on in the US is beyond me... )
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ROTFL!!! NO!!! I can see it now... someone put too much Cholula on the Southwest Chicken Salad, and it begins to claim revenge! "I can only find one quarter" he exclaims... meanwhile everyone in the cabin begins to wilt away from the stinch...
I'm sorry but it's not my fault I must go to the bathroom. Why should people make money on something humans have no control over? Everyone has to go at some point in the day - sometimes we are in the air. What if you cant afford it, or forget to bring money along on the flight?
If the airline wants an extra 50 cents add it on to the airfare....
I can say with confidence this is something NO AIRLINE would EVER charge for!!!
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by onic: If the airline wants an extra 50 cents add it on to the airfare....</font>
Why do people think airlines have the ability to do this? If they could raise the price $.50 they already would have.
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Back in the 80's, Alaska Airlines used to run very funny TV commercials. One of them was poking fun at budget carriers (motto: You just get more on Alaska). Anyway, one commercial showed a guy heading back to the lavs in a bit of a hurry. He looks with dismay at the 50 cent pay toilet door. He first asks the guy seated next to the lav if he has four quarters for a dollar. As he keeps asking more and more passengers for change, he stands cross legged screaming "I'll take two quarters for $10!" Heh heh...
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I remember those and also the one where the guy turns on the sink in the lav and the water explodes out of the faucet and soaks the crotch area of his khaki's.
Could use a few more yucks like those to counter the depressing state of air travel today.
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After reading this article, I thought of another way airlines can make money: charge for seat cushion! Well maybe not the butt cushion, since that one is used as a flotation device. But how about $5 for a back cushion on domestic flights, $25 for flights to Asia and Europe. How about charging for the headrest?
Also, how about charging extra to have a "priority tag" attached to your checked-in baggage? No promises of having your bags to be among the first to be delivered onto the carousel at your destination, of course. Just something to make people feel important (don't we do that already with our elite status luggage tags???).
Oh, the possibilities for new revenue are endless!!
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by barkingcat: ...
DL will start charging for food in the US soon...
Should DL charge us $.50 fee to use the lavatory? (for example, insert two quarters to open the lavatory door)
Think about it, there are plenty of public toilets in Europe and other parts of the world that make you pay a small fee to use the facilities...</font>
Don't think this is a good analogy. Sure, there are plenty of pay PUBLIC toilets around the world. But are there restaurants where you pay for a meal, and then also have to pay to use their toilets? None that I'm aware of.
At the least, this could imply that if "you but a meal, you get free lavatory privileges." I'd hope it wouldn't go that far.
I could be wrong, but I don't think any airline (or industry) that nickles and dimes people to death is going to be hugely successful (certainly popular). Southwest could easily charge passenger more if they:
- wanted a reserved seat
- wanted a meal
- wanted a first class seat (don't believe they have first class).
If they did, I'm not sure they'd be the same airline. Besides the low prices, one thing that probably keeps some of it's passengers flying with them is the fact they are all treated the same. If Southwest started having FF levels, FC, preboarding, reserved seats, some people got food, some didn't, they'd start to look like any other airline. My guess is that won't be in their best interest.
This just in, DL has announced complementary upgrades to all of their lavatories in response to AA's announcement giving complementary upgrades to EXP's.
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I saw a cartoon about this actually. It showed the interior of a plane with a sign on the lav door stating $2.50, a sign refering to the overhead compartments as "overhead storage rental" and a flight attendent selling emergency exit maps for $5.00.
Some states have outlawed fees for using public toilets. Would the $.50 fee apply when flying in the airspace over such a state?
Most transatlantic and pacific flights would, of course, be exempt--for a large portion of the flight.
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Most every country I have visited where pay toilets are found also has free public toilets as well. The difference between the pay and free is usually the confort and cleanliness of the pay facilities. In Siberia (Khabarosk and Blagavashensk) this fee was about 1$ US - but compared to the free facilities, it was worth 10 times the price.
If you roll this into your original question, then pay toilets should only be added as long as there is sufficient quantity of free facilities to accommodate passenger needs. this would dictate adding a new facility. And at $.50 per occupant, DL would not doubt see more revenue from leaving the seats in place and things as they currently are.
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