'Premium Security' at MAN
Feb 13, 2020, 3:13 am
#16
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I went through T1 Fasttrack as a guest of TAP yesterday.
It seems now to function as the T3 security, where Fasties are simply pushed in at the head of the regular queue.
The original Fasttrack facility, fully manned and ready for action, remains gloriously empty as the PREMIUM facility: well, not a soul passed through it duringr the 10 minutes or so I was in the system.
I can't see even Manchester's oddly dysfunctional management keeping this on - well, not if they look at the efficiency of the system as a whole. It seems prety obvious that regular and fasttrack users are suffering if screeners, helpers and one inspetion facility have been removed from general use.
One of the section managers was hopeful the scheme will eventually take off. "Fasttrack costs passengers £6", he said, "so what's an extra £4 to get even better service?"
God help us
It seems now to function as the T3 security, where Fasties are simply pushed in at the head of the regular queue.
The original Fasttrack facility, fully manned and ready for action, remains gloriously empty as the PREMIUM facility: well, not a soul passed through it duringr the 10 minutes or so I was in the system.
I can't see even Manchester's oddly dysfunctional management keeping this on - well, not if they look at the efficiency of the system as a whole. It seems prety obvious that regular and fasttrack users are suffering if screeners, helpers and one inspetion facility have been removed from general use.
One of the section managers was hopeful the scheme will eventually take off. "Fasttrack costs passengers £6", he said, "so what's an extra £4 to get even better service?"
God help us
Last edited by IAN-UK; Feb 16, 2020 at 2:58 am Reason: making sense of it :)
Feb 13, 2020, 3:14 am
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Indeed. Isn’t this one of the frequent complaints for fast track when airports allow non fast track people in too? For once I may compliment MAN if this is now enforced.
Feb 13, 2020, 10:20 am
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It seems that MAN has become rather American in its approach to security. Run a dysfunctional organisation, then encourage people to pay extra to avoid that dysfunction. I used to think that we had a clearer understanding as to what public service and public provision meant in this country.
Feb 14, 2020, 11:44 am
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It seems that MAN has become rather American in its approach to security. Run a dysfunctional organisation, then encourage people to pay extra to avoid that dysfunction. I used to think that we had a clearer understanding as to what public service and public provision meant in this country.
Feb 15, 2020, 7:45 pm
#20
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Using coupon code PREMIAIRLI in February 2020 appears to reduce the premium air terminal fee (GBP100 with checked bags, 50 without) by 25%. Yes, still a huge ripoff but a little less of one.
Feb 16, 2020, 4:15 am
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PREMIAIR25 also gets the 25%.
Feb 16, 2020, 4:42 am
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A rip-off is not the same thing as a con or a racket. A rip-off is something that is patently not worth the price charged for it. One may place different price tags on the service and therefore have different views as to whether it is a rip-off but the fact that nobody is forced to pay is not relevant to determining whether it is a rip-off or not.
Feb 16, 2020, 5:08 am
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A rip-off is not the same thing as a con or a racket. A rip-off is something that is patently not worth the price charged for it. One may place different price tags on the service and therefore have different views as to whether it is a rip-off but the fact that nobody is forced to pay is not relevant to determining whether it is a rip-off or not.
Feb 17, 2020, 3:40 am
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In cases such as this, I would be more inclined to say it's overpriced than a rip off, as it's less likely to be misinterpreted.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dic...nglish/rip-off