Originally Posted by
canadiancow
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Some of my trips have simply not occurred because there was not space on flights that worked for me. No airline has data that says "Scott would have flown if there'd been J space", because I was never able to interact with the airline systems to do anything. They can't collect any data on J demand once a flight hits J0.
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Well as I say in french... Noui. It would be logical that AC has data on every query into their website and can extrapolate a certain level of demand based on that. Secondly, one would also assume that AC has access to data from sites like GF and other ticket agglomerators to use as a tool for planning new routes and adjusting potential demand (higher and lower)on existing routes – along with their own internal data.
There are tools route managers and revenue management likely with the all-encompassing AI to optimise loads and RASM.
Bottom line is that I highly doubt AC looks at routes where J cabins are constantly full and say… Bah… that’s fine. We don’t need a bigger J cabin there.
So… I’m leaning more towards AC, their RM people and all the available data versus 1 person’s data points.
I have no problem with you stating something to the effect of “I wish AC would have more J seats on the routes I regularly fly” versus saying “They should”. Semantics? Perhaps, but I assume they are better equipped, have more and better information and a team trained for these decisions.