Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
50-60% "buyup to standard Economy" from BE -- meaning ?? 40-50% in the back are BE? (not sure if this includes premier members)
I read this to mean that 50-60% of pax will click through (on a splash page) to the standard Economy fare after selecting the lower BE option from the flight search results page. Though I don't doubt that some ULCC/leisure-oriented markets have a high uptake of BE. Anecdotally, I am in Florida periodically for work and pleasure, and at peak times there will be large swaths of Y seats open at >24h, only to fill completely when the door closes.
Originally Posted by
cerealmarketer
Would have liked to have had some questions in there about the onboard product cuts.
Agree that this is a substantive interview, but par for the course for Kirby... he's usually pretty candid, whether it's in an interview with members of the media or in an investor-oriented forum. He's pretty forthcoming with information and I appreciate it, as you do not hear a lot of corporate doublespeak from him.