No there are 0 CRJ-200's flying in a dual class. But just for talking sake, I wonder what poeple would think. I would assume we wuold all love it like when they got FC on the 700 & 900.
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It makes no sense whatsoever to refit the 50 seaters with F and here's why:
1. CRJ-200's typically serve routes that are under an hour the air. I can almost promise you they won't be selling seats up front - whether at the normal or GoUpgrade price for a 40 minute flight.
2. Unlike their larger cousins the CRJ-700/900, the 200's are typically serving small regional airports - not elite heavy routes. I can almost promise you there won't be enough comp-upgrade eligible passengers on the vast majority of flights to justify a front cabin.
3. COdbaUA has F on the Dash 8 400's and the seat pitch and width is identical to coach.
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The economics of the CRJ-200s are also pretty poor in today's high fuel cost environment, and a reduction in seats that would be likely necessary to add F would make that worse.
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1. CRJ-200's typically serve routes that are under an hour the air. I can almost promise you they won't be selling seats up front - whether at the normal or GoUpgrade price for a 40 minute flight.
3. COdbaUA has F on the Dash 8 400's and the seat pitch and width is identical to coach.
Talking about COdbaUA...
I would like to have F in EMB145 for their EWR-MCI / YYZ-IAH or something like this.....
No there are 0 CRJ-200's flying in a dual class. But just for talking sake, I wonder what poeple would think. I would assume we wuold all love it like when they got FC on the 700 & 900.
Z300 - How much of a premium would you be willing to pay to sit in F on a less than 60-minute flight? At a minimum, the carrier would have to charge enough to make up for the seats lost (presumably 1-1 from a 2-1 configuration, thus at the very least a 50% premium above Y). If this is for freebie UG's, would be pretty silly to spend money to give away given that most of these routes are small airports, often with subsidies, which have no competition or where the competition is Greyhound or worse.
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It makes no sense whatsoever to refit the 50 seaters with F and here's why:
1. CRJ-200's typically serve routes that are under an hour the air. I can almost promise you they won't be selling seats up front - whether at the normal or GoUpgrade price for a 40 minute flight.
They do, and they also fly some outrageously long routes...
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Z300 - How much of a premium would you be willing to pay to sit in F on a less than 60-minute flight? At a minimum, the carrier would have to charge enough to make up for the seats lost (presumably 1-1 from a 2-1 configuration, thus at the very least a 50% premium above Y). If this is for freebie UG's, would be pretty silly to spend money to give away given that most of these routes are small airports, often with subsidies, which have no competition or where the competition is Greyhound or worse.
Binghamton is all turboprops, elite light and US has a single gate. Yet they still have a preferred access lane and a check-in desk labeled First Class.
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Binghamton is all turboprops, elite light and US has a single gate. Yet they still have a preferred access lane and a check-in desk labeled First Class.
For the F check in, it could be from the days when they used to fly DC-9s and the like in there.
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1. CRJ-200's typically serve routes that are under an hour the air. I can almost promise you they won't be selling seats up front - whether at the normal or GoUpgrade price for a 40 minute flight.
