Originally Posted by sarcasticspasti
........Again, the free market lecture. If we raised the fares from $89 to $389 nobody would buy them. And if someone can build a better mousetrap, let them. If they can run a profitable company with $89 fares then let them. That's America.
You have got to be the dumbest *@#$ on this BB!
If people want or need to fly coast to coast, why do you think $389 is too much? Look at the alternative, you can either drive, 5 days, maybe 4 if you drive all night; or.... hire NextJets or own your own GV and go that way. I'm guessing that makes a $389 fare look pretty good, doesn't it?
JB, driving down Trans con fares to double digits give the traveling business flyer the preverbal "free ride" as for the leisure passenger, if they don't think their time is work 5 hours vis 5 days in a car, they should drive, saves them having to rent one on the other end
If airlines (read: LCC's ) want to cost there product to provide "all most"free air travel, they will find people to travel on them. Just understand, the business traveler, saving days of road travel and the productivity it provides
will pay a fair price to travel vis the alternative. We could argue what "fair" is but just consider the cost of the next step up (that GV or Lear) and the costs of flying coast to coast doesn't seem so high. If the flying business men
can get it for $99 or what have you, they will, laughing all the way to the bank. They'd gladly pay much more, and have.