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Originally Posted by drinksonme
(Post 3095829)
Almost all our passengers were group 9. I looked a last minute group 9 fare as we were boarding and it was $30.00. I’ve seen $50.00 from ORD to MCO long before COVID.
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Originally Posted by Surprise
(Post 3095828)
Then tell your D3 to buy a ticket? Seems like a better deal with less headache. In fact I did that for my brother in law last month.
In the past the company has said that D3 charges were to cover the cost of the flight and to be cost neutral, at least something to that effect. So with this super cheap fares either we are flying at a loss or the company is making money on Non-Revs.Which is it. Yeah these fares under $50 aren't new. I saw a few fares last year (PHL-MCO) for under $30. To be honest, I rarely give out any passes.To much of a headache for the traveler and non-reving is quickly becoming a thing of the past. The previous poster beat me to the voucher thing. |
Originally Posted by LabDad06
(Post 3095817)
Some of us furloughed Compass and TSA folks want to travel too. Lost our jobs and our flight bennies.
I have been furloughed multiple times and if I wanted to travel I had to pony up and buy a ticket. Why should you be different? |
Originally Posted by Thedude
(Post 3095903)
I think you misunderstand what I am trying to say.
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Originally Posted by senecacaptain
(Post 3095233)
Just saw with my own eyes some one way fares of $30 via some perusing on the mobile app.
Hopefully this is the minority, not the majority, of the fares the folks being counted on TSA travel numbers are paying |
American Airlines invented Yield Management. The $30 seat sold at a loss is better than an empty seat "worth" $X.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield_management I'd bet the price of the D3 is closer to what it takes to cover the company's costs of filling that seat. |
Capacity dumping, airfare wars.
Feels like we're right back to 2003. |
Originally Posted by LabDad06
(Post 3095817)
Some of us furloughed Compass and TSA folks want to travel too. Lost our jobs and our flight bennies.
But they were so generous to allow us to nonrev until 30JUN....when it was damn near impossible to get anywhere during that time. We never did get our “pro rated” fees back. I’m sure Saint Louis pocketed that money Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro |
Originally Posted by Thedude
(Post 3095903)
I think you misunderstand what I am trying to say.
In the past the company has said that D3 charges were to cover the cost of the flight and to be cost neutral, at least something to that effect. So with this super cheap fares either we are flying at a loss or the company is making money on Non-Revs.Which is it. Yeah these fares under $50 aren't new. I saw a few fares last year (PHL-MCO) for under $30. To be honest, I rarely give out any passes.To much of a headache for the traveler and non-reving is quickly becoming a thing of the past. The previous poster beat me to the voucher thing. |
Originally Posted by Thedude
(Post 3095903)
I think you misunderstand what I am trying to say.
In the past the company has said that D3 charges were to cover the cost of the flight and to be cost neutral, at least something to that effect. So with this super cheap fares either we are flying at a loss or the company is making money on Non-Revs.Which is it. Yeah these fares under $50 aren't new. I saw a few fares last year (PHL-MCO) for under $30. To be honest, I rarely give out any passes.To much of a headache for the traveler and non-reving is quickly becoming a thing of the past. The previous poster beat me to the voucher thing. |
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