Originally Posted by
flyingnosh
Carrying this another step forward, UA would benefit from a revenue based program only if it could fill all seats on all planes with people who purposely buy into a higher fare class. But that's just not going to happen. There just aren't enough people who are able and willing to do that.
I would argue there would be very few "people" who would do that voluntarily - its irrational, people dont want to spend
more money than they have to.
Now, there would perhaps be companies/businesses that may spend more than they have to for whatever reason (flexibility, etc), but that is not rational for a person out of pocket.
Depsite what some believe here - most of the plane is filled by people who are rational buyers, and will always choose lowest price, and would weigh benefits if choosing a higher priced ticket.
Sounds like people proposing a revenue system have never actually bought a ticket for themselves out of their own pocket.