Originally Posted by
featheroleather
Do people really fly CO because we offer meals at mealtime over price,convenience,price,reliability,price,shiny new planes,price,Direct TV,price,sexy stew or did I mention price?
While I agree that price is the main driver for the majority of leisure flyers, that does not mean that these flyers have not learned that there are associated costs of flying that are not in the base price. These same travelers are now calculating those costs when considering which carrier to fly. As time goes on, even once a year flyers fly and realize that they were burned by those a la carte add on costs. And it anyone who flys based on cost of the ticket will remember being hit with those add on costs.
Originally Posted by
featheroleather
There are enough infrequent fliers out there who either dont read the fine print,ignore it or just dont get it.Some people still ask if there is individual bottled water in Y(didn't even have that pre-9/11)where are the magazines?dont even bring a pen to fill out any paperwork.Sadly,its the FF'ers that are subsidizing Air Wally.
As I said above, you are going to find fewer and fewer of these passengers in the future because they are going to eventually fly and remember the "gotcha" of those add ons. They really remember baggage fees. Once they have been burned, they will take associated costs into consideration and the longer all the airlines pile fees onto the base cost of a ticket, the more knowledgable the population will become about ticket pricing.