<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Plato90s:
In any case, the question is that if the low-price airline/hotel consistently gave you below-expectations service - would you be able to justify spending more money on the ticket or hotel to get better service?
The difference for me is that if I don't like a particular hotel or airline, I just won't use them - even if they offer a lower fare/rate.
Is the same true for you?</font>
Let's put it this way. Con Air is consistently cheaper to fly to a lot of the places where I need to go. I don't fly them.
I can pick and choose where I stay, where I go, and so on. Yes, cost is a consideration. My boss doesn't like it too much when I have to go somewhere last minute, but I tell them that if they want me to close a $250K account, they better be willing to spend $3K to do it.
Let's not get into a pissing contest about who spends more money. Let's put it like this -- since I've been working for my current employer, I've dropped around $4K in air fare for three trips. Go with that, and by the time I get to ten, I'll have dropped like $12K so I got ya doubled =)