"The Plane Truth" document on Delta website
Aug 14, 2003, 2:55 pm
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"The Plane Truth" document on Delta website
Hi,
The plane truth" document on the delta website gives plain english explanations of what has been going on with fares (and airline industries in general). It probably is too basic for flyertalkers, but I would like to hear what you think about the document. Do you agree with its assessments? Do you have any negative comments? I'm curious whether that document correctly represents the "truth."
--Sun
The plane truth" document on the delta website gives plain english explanations of what has been going on with fares (and airline industries in general). It probably is too basic for flyertalkers, but I would like to hear what you think about the document. Do you agree with its assessments? Do you have any negative comments? I'm curious whether that document correctly represents the "truth."
--Sun
Aug 14, 2003, 10:58 pm
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Read it, interesting. Of course you have to take the "Delta is the smartest" and "Deltal knows pricing best" with a pound of salt but still worth the 12 pages.
Aug 15, 2003, 5:14 am
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Are there any changes to it? I read this a few years ago.
Aug 15, 2003, 8:23 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by indufan:
Are there any changes to it? I read this a few years ago.</font>
Are there any changes to it? I read this a few years ago.</font>
** outdated claims like "full coach" walkup is 4 times what the lowest discount fare is. maybe on the carefully chosen route they used [ironically a NY-Fla route-- now abandoned to Song]. on my routes it's more like 10 times difference.
** useless statistics like the "average discount" on discount fares zooming upwards, from 40% to 70%. Easy to do when you just jack up the "non-discount" fare. My $300 fare is indeed a 40% discount relative to a $500 baseline, but the same ticket becomes a 70% "deep discount" if you simply jack up the benchmark nondiscount fare to $1000.