Originally Posted by
49holding
Yeah $50 each way is huge for me. Its huge for a family of 5 traveling..I am flying next month and am paying on JB $334 RT when I usually pay $148 to $210 RT, so if next on top of the escalalting airfares there is a fuel surcharge, then its time to go to plan B ( whatever plan B is )
By JB I assume the poster is referring to JetBlue (B6), not Helijet Airways (had to look that one up). Unless that seat wasn't going to be sold I don't see how B6 made money selling a roundtrip fare for $148 or $210. Likely they gained some market share doing so but even with oil below current levels that's not going to cover the costs of the flight. Having gotten the infrequent flyer accustomed to $148 roundtrip fares is going to make this transition period painful.
Plan B is to cut routes and capacity, increase fares and see what the market will tolerate. After that follow mergers and bankruptcies where carriers actually stop flying.
I'd suggest a mini-van for your plan C.