Originally Posted by
pinworm
It's about % of income also. While people may get offended at a 5000 dollar fare and swear they would never pay that even if they were a millionaire, the fact remains most of those same people would buy that ticket if it were .005% of their income...say if a biz ticket was 50 bucks. When that 5000 only represents .005% suddenly they think it's outrageous?
Disagree completely. $50 is objectively an inoffensive amount to ask for. Trying to bilk someone out of 10k+ for a seat to sit in for 8-10 hours is on its face offensive and even if the cost of a first class ticket was .000000001% of my income, I would not pay it. I might pay more money to fly private, but regardless of my financial status, I would never pay an airline their asking price for F.