Originally Posted by
ft101
But customers in DXB are only a small percent of the total pax or revenue. Surely it makes more sense to keep the majority happy.
+1 ..It would be interesting to see the % of transit pax which fill up EK flights, but I guess it will be anything from 75-80% ( if not more) ..
Originally Posted by
ung1
It makes great sense if I am a customer based in DXB. Why should I pay double for my ticket and receive the same number of miles as people buying el cheapo fares ex- anywhere else and clogging up the lounges? One ought to have some advantages even while one is otherwise being skinned alive by the airline.
EK pricing ex dxb fares as expensive compared to xxx-dxb-xxx is something it has decided to do based on evaluation of competition etc etc.. Its a pricing decision it is taking BUT this cannot be linked to the miles earned.
Miles are earned in 99% of the airlines by miles flown based on fare classes and the sum of two sectors is usually not lower than the break up of the two (unless fixed miles are used for some regions, like within EU or domestic EU).
The percieved advantage is very small ( say 10% of the miles) and I don"t believe that pax think of that as an advantage and neither did EK ..