Originally Posted by
Flying for Fun
I have always wondered if that holds true. Do the $ they get from partners really offset the real costs of an amenity kit, pajamas, Krug & Caviar?
Of all the F awards I have flown, I have yet to be on a flight where occupancy has been more than 50%.
James
Probably. The incremental cost of adding a passenger in a premium cabin is probably a couple hundred dollars. If there's a cost of 1cpm, that probably gets you to break-even or even a small profit on that seat. The key is that it does this without lowering the "headline price" on what is often a
very expensive ticket (e.g. $10-20k for a super-long-haul F seat).