Originally Posted by
biggestbopper
While it may maximize airline profits the toll on society overall is great. Airlines are, or should be, more like a regulated utility. One price fits all. I don't pay more for electricity when really, really need the power to go on FT as opposed to when I just sorta need it to watch Dancing with Bears or whatever.
Well, at least in my country, a lot of people have electricity tariffs that varies with time-of-day, based on high and low demand, and non-varying electricity tariffs with price depending on contract date.
Originally Posted by
biggestbopper
Airline pricing as it is now is just another example of charge the poor, uneducated, those you can screw because they need it right now, those who don't belong to the frequent buyers club, a lot more which has a lot of frictional, social costs which the airlines pass of to us all.
"There's nothing cheap about loyalty.”—Ryan Bingham"
(I will not assume any political views on your part based on just a forum post, so please don't take this as directed personally to you, but: As of lately, I find myself, born and raised and living in a European country viewed by the rest of the world as at least "semi-socialistic", wonder more and more frequently why I hear US citizens screaming for silly market regulations. Absurd.)
Originally Posted by
biggestbopper
I am no fan of the somewhat fixed pricing we used to have, but we did used to have legroom, clean, new, planes and even (imagine that) hot meals. @:-)
And less bargain fares/no LCCs.