Originally Posted by
bernardd
I think you're missing one vital point here. I have no idea what route you have in mind, but on a route I'm familiar with, you can certainly buy AUS-SJC roundtrips at $250. That's a total of almost 3,000 miles round trip. I'm willing to bet that AA would lose money at an 80% load factor with everyone paying $250 for a round trip so you could view that as an uneconomic, subsidized fare which comes with conditions and penalties for changes. Would you prefer the option to pay the real economic cost of the trip, every trip, in order to keep the change fee down? You would probably vote with your feet!
To be clear, I have never said that I was ever inconvenienced by AA regarding this.
And yes, I think if every seat was bought as deep discounted fare, it might not be profitable for AA. I am all for paying the "real economic fare". Airtravel would be much less of a hassle for infrequent travelers and you wont see people upset and arguing about rules with gate agents. For most of us, we already know the rules and take it as it is, as JDiver said.
Originally Posted by brp
I think the sentiment is that whining about rules that you agreed to doesn't do a whole lot, but I haven't seen the "shut up" type of comment. Just the "deal with it or go somewhere else." And the "yes, we've heard this all before, this is nothing new and yes it sucks."
What about newbies like me?
Its better to vent yourself, than just reading old threads and venting in your mind.
