Originally Posted by
Bulldog King
So many people have said the same thing....
The problem is that it is not that simple....
An airline CAN'T raise fares on its own without consequences.......unless most (if not all) other airlines are willing to match the increases.
How many times has an airline tried to raise its fares....only to have to roll back the increases when few (if any) of the other airlines willingly matched them?
Yeah but they're doing it anyways except through added and deceptive fees. This is a classic example of
"Gotcha Capitalism".
A good friend of mine went to Europe last least and booked many legs on Ryanair. Of course he landed nowhere near Stockholm or Frankfurt. He got so fed up that he ended up forfeiting one of his tickets and bought on separate airline and will never fly Ryanair again. (Not that Ryanair particularly cares).
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”
It's pretty clear to me: DL and other airlines are turning their back on the ultra-price-sensitive segment of the market. The real problem is that this segment also includes people who are forced to buy lowest fares.
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”