Originally Posted by
FFlash
Premium economy seats are IMO a fairly good try to come up with a solution, but in reality I find them destroyed by the greedy revenue management. You just escape that horrible Y seat but be left even more robbed by the price vs perceived value.
I agree. For a long haul flight, I would sometimes pay for a better seat, but something like €100 for 2 extra inches is just not worth it to me. I have, however, paid close to €300 to UG to C for a MUCH better seat. The Y+ offerings nowadays are too much in favor of the airline (they offer too little for too much money); a more balanced approach is needed, IMO. Maybe it will take some time to level off.
An all biz no-frills airline would not work and that has been proven by several examples. What
may work and may even end up happening eventually is a decent Y+ product, with much better seats and no additional biz benefits such as lounge access and excess luggage, priced reasonably enough to get people to buy it. (That or simply sell reasonable UGs to J when seats are available, as some airlines already do.)