Originally Posted by TWA Fan 1
Regarding my comment about my $859 ticket. Of course it barely represents a profit, but it doesn't make me feel any better that the person sitting in the much more comfortable aisle seat next to me paid $219 r.t. while I got the middle seat.
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It's of course nothing more than supply and demand, but the industry's inability to provide last-minute customers who pay top dollar with any additional quality certainly is a major reason the industry is held in such low regard by its customers.
I feel the same way. I fly on bargain basement fares (or the cheapest ones I can find anyway) and don't complain, because being a Platinum on a bottom-basement fare (and actually get upgrades is a great deal). I bought ONE NW B fare last year within five days of travel, and had to pay $350 ow for it. I'm thinking to myself, "I pay all this extra money and get NOTHING extra for it." Kinda pissed me off.