Originally Posted by
jjmoore
Not sure why DL would take the other approach...
What are you deeming the "other" approach? The report merely shows the rate of IDB, right? So we don't know if that means they are booking less aggressively, or if they simply got better at predicting no shows?
Originally Posted by
jjmoore
but then again, DL is giving away hard currency by giving out these gift cards and AMEX cards vs. UA giving funny munny that largely goes unused...
gift card spoilage is a thing too...
Originally Posted by
jjmoore
and even if it is used, UA is banking beacuse the operating costs for tickets purchased with those vouchers is lower than the value of those tickets (or they would be out of business, right?!?).
I'm not sure I follow what you mean here either.