<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SemiElite:
Actually, the cost of the fare has nothing to do with where CO/NW puts a club. The PC/WC's are profit-generating entities, independent of ticket revenue.</font>
how so? do you think if CO put a club in MCO that they'd make money off of it? I don't think so... I don't think a enough "locals" would sign up for it... as such, the only people that would go there are existing members theoretically coming from EWR, CLE and IAH.
so, I would have a beer or two, grab some snacks and get on board... but there's no extra money coming CO's way from people like me...
I think they put clubs in airports that are hubs, or serve the hubs as a business route... I definately think that high-yield plays into it... I'll tell you that I being based in EWR I am more inclined to fly to a city w/ a P-Club than w/o one...
I'll fly into ORD, not MDW... I'll fly into FLL rather than MIA, etc etc etc... as a P-Club member I am spoiled... when I flight gets delayed it's no big deal... I just go to the club...
just a few weeks ago I *had* to fly out of MDW because of the last minute fares... wouldn't you know it, my flight was delayed for like two-hours and I was going out of my mind...
if I recall correctly, there's a US Air Club just a few doors down from the CO gates at MCO... can anyone confirm that? I'm going back to my US Elite days... I used to be a US Air Club member... nice place, two levels... so for those flying from MCO, you might want to look into swapping a P-Club day pass for a US pass or something like that...