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Old Nov 20, 2018, 5:35 am
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San Gottardo
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Programs: Eurostar Carte Blanche, SBB-CFF-FFS GA-AG, SNCF Grand Voyageur LeClub
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I am just afraid that they point to two other carriers that are financially MUCH more successful: BA and Lufthansa. And will argue that one has 2-2-2 config (Lufthansa), and the other one has the flying equivalent of a field camp. Benchmarking to the bottom where it suits them, and drawing from that the conclusion that J class cabin doesn't make a difference.

Glad to see some signs of Ben Smith piercing a needle into the bubble.

To bring it back on topic: whether the bubble will realise that having a super-top tier is a great idea but that their interpretation of it with giving virtually no benefits to people who are captured already anyway is a pathetic joke that generates hardly any new profit (if at all), which makes it as poor a business decision as their J class (non-)renovation.
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