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#3891
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2007
Position: A320 captain
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That CNBC clip is the first I have seen to accurately represent the new baggage fees, specifically that it is unexpected that anyone will actually pay $100 to carry on a bag. It is about controlling costs not about generating revenue.
#3892
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Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: A320 gear monkey
Posts: 127
I agree, cnbc is the only one who was honest.
#3893
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Joined APC: Oct 2008
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I don't know about honesty, but at least the explained the how and why of this new fee.
Instead of just saying that it will be impose to everyone.
Instead of just saying that it will be impose to everyone.
#3894
It was all "It's going to cost the customer $200.00 round trip for a carry on bag on Spirit!" on fox news yesterday. Oh, and they made some socialist statements about how the costs should be included in the fare. You know so that everyone subsidizes each other. The irony!
#3895
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,860
They also raised the fees for pre-paying for carry-on bags online and at the kiosk. Was that also to change behavior and get people to pay for their carry-ons ahead of time online or at the kiosk?
#3896
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They also raised the fees for pre-paying for carry-on bags online and at the kiosk. Was that also to change behavior and get people to pay for their carry-ons ahead of time online or at the kiosk?
#3897
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Joined APC: Nov 2005
Posts: 758
I'll guess that you're on to something. Slipping in a rate increase on normal carry-on's while everyone is focused on the outrageous "at the gate fee" sounds like it could be their strategy.
#3899
I take delays for passengers (with their expensive carry-ons which slow them down) much more often then late bags. Maybe this fee change will change behavior, maybe it won't. It will likely increase Spirit's ancillary revenues, helping Spirit's industry leading RASM to CASM spread grow. That in turn rewards our shareholders by increasing the price of our stock, which is management's job.
Spirit is a business, and, as a public company, it exists to reward its shareholders. Only time will tell if Spirit's focus on ultra low ticket costs and profitable ancillary revenue opportunities (at the expense of customer amenities and service) will be a successful long-term strategy, rather than a 'happy employees = happy customers = happy investors' strategy, though, as our CEO has pointed out, a growing airline keeps most seniority based employee groups happy. As line pilots, we provide the best service we can to our customers, but can't control what happens when the door is closed or the decisions of our senior management.
#3900
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Joined APC: Apr 2011
Posts: 193
spirit employees who make excuses for spirits unethical business practices are part of the problem. As the old saying goes, "They came for the passengers and I said nothing, because i was not a passenger..."
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