Originally Posted by MiamiPrep
I read comments by the prior president of Continental. He said that the bean counters figured out that the fewer toppings you put on pizza, the cheaper it was to produce. Until one day they finally took off the cheese, and the customer stopped buying.
There may be a final straw point -- but I suspect we aren't there yet. And let's be honest, most of the legacy carrier competition ain't that great. As long as I usually get my upgrades, I'm fairly happy, although I can foresee a day when, if the upgrades stop coming through, my $$ spent on flying and travel will markedly decrease.
The Pizza Analogy is great. It's true - you can cut, cut, cut and cut, but you can only cut so much. The only difference about the analogy and real life is that the breaking point isn't really a fine line or exact point. You will lose more and more passengers as you remove certain important amenities, until you lose more than you can afford to lose. Once lost, very hard to get back (unless you dump your prices - but to what end?).