Originally Posted by
hayzel7773
Looking at random days in March, all airlines(9 or 10) are around $800(Only CI is running a special at 650) so looks like they are really gouging at the Y pax.
However, I think the previous poster may have been referring to "you get what you pay for" as in you pay for Y cabin, you get Y cabin service. You pay for PE, you get a PE level and so on.
I was only connecting in TPE because I was flying EVA, I usually fly out of BKK so there are more airline options. I paid $1300 for this ticket and although I am glad I got to where I was going in one piece, it wasn't good value. If I were flying BKK-SFO, I could spend the same $1300 on EVA for a PE seat. But flying BKK-SFO on the same dates is nearly $2000 for PE.
But yes, I understand the common feeling that Y passengers, no matter how much they pay, deserve whatever new low the airlines can stoop to. And I guess those flying ex-Asia "get what they pay for" even more emphatically than those based in the US or UK.