Jet have no trouble filling their planes - in Y, because they have evidently opted for the "bums in seats at any cost" model, going by (a) JetKonnect and (b) Goyal's proud declaration that (paraphrasing here) "we carry more trash from London to Bangkok than Thai, BA and Emirates combined."
And that is one of their sillier targets. because they're still left with Indigo fares at Air India costs (not to mention steadily decreasing quality).
That, on top of all of their other belief-defying decisions, means they will never make money unless they change.
Originally Posted by
lallyr
I couldn't answer that one.
I more often then not always see someone using a upgrade voucher though when ever I am checking in.
But they do control their loads quite well. An example of this was (and this is always what happens with me) DEL-BOM I will wait list for an upgrade and loads will be wide open but leading to a few days before the flight the business cabin will fill up and show J2 D0 scenario.
I turn up at the airport and with J2 D0 still get the upgrade 80 % of the time. Now they couldn't have filled up the cabin with upgrades before hand so I am guessing they are all paid pax's in the cabin.
It's true up to a point. On certain routes, such as BOM-DEL or BOM-HKG, it would be prudent of Jet to block off as many seats as possible until as late as possible.
But the same logic is no so prudent on other routes, such as Anywhere-BKK. Quite the opposite, actually. It's in Jet's interest to allow whole-sale points and voucher redemptions on routes with chronically low paid premium demand. If nothing else, it will reduce the liability they're carrying and reduce the criticism, even if only slightly.