Originally Posted by
ORDnHKG
Why would not be ? $1500 x 3 = $4500
Typical C or D to Asia is over $5000.
Even if it is not the case, the 2nd seats could be gotten with miles from the father as well, OP didn't specified the details from the "neighbor". Therefore, it is basically $3000. And $3000 for sure is far away from a paid business seat to asia.
This is exactly my point: there's no huge cost savings in it for any sizable company. Miles likely wouldn't enter the equation, it'd be $4-5k vs. $5-6k. Maybe when coach fares TATL/TPAC were $500-700 R/T on a more regular basis...but all of my business trips, usually bought 2-3 weeks in advance in a medium or high coach bucket are more like $1500-2000 R/T.
Originally Posted by
Rebelyell
There's a story about the Russian farmer who is told by a genie that he can have anything he wants, but his neighbor will get double. He asks the genie to poke one of his eyes out. I suppose I have a little of that Russian farmer in me. I wouldn't mind paying 50 percent more for a shared empty seat, but I just wouldn't be able to take paying 100 percent of the cost of a seat that was then used in part by another passenger who paid nothing. Just me.
But you really aren't paying for 100% of the seat: you're paying for the armrest, some shoulder room, and the underseat storage area. And maybe part of the tray, a place to toss your magazine, etc. The presence of someone on the other side of the seat is moot. (I'd certainly claim that underseat storage though!
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