US Sues to stop JetBlue/Spirt Merger
03-13-2023, 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by El Peso
In the end I think a merger getting blocked will ultimately be a plus for the greater good. The price sensitive consumer may not even have an option to fly if it weren’t for the ULCC model, which Spirit has seemingly perfected so well. Again, it’s thanks to Spirit that a fare called basic economy is even available on every network carrier now days. That was introduced to compete with Spirit and to an extent, Frontier. I’m thinking the gov prevails here. Just my opinion.
Going to disagree on this one. Spirit sells tickets for cheap and what they advertise to both consumers and the government are false. On any given day, that “bare fare” includes nothing. Family of 4 without seats together? Upcharge to fix that. Got a carry on or a checked bag? Another upcharge. Pick a seat? Whopping upcharge. By the time it’s all said and done, I will argue that the cost is relatively the same as the cost of a blue basic or blue fare in totality. I went to STT on spirit, $67 ticket turned into almost $400 round trip for 2 people.
The argument that Spirit sells cheap tickets for the greater good is complete and utter nonsense. They make money hand over fist in ancillary fees that don’t get reported as part of their ticketing costs. Spirit figured out they could make a ton of money on ancillary fees and that’s exactly what they do.
03-13-2023, 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by El Peso
In the end I think a merger getting blocked will ultimately be a plus for the greater good. The price sensitive consumer may not even have an option to fly if it weren’t for the ULCC model, which Spirit has seemingly perfected so well. Again, it’s thanks to Spirit that a fare called basic economy is even available on every network carrier now days. That was introduced to compete with Spirit and to an extent, Frontier. I’m thinking the gov prevails here. Just my opinion.
03-13-2023, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by John Carr
True.
A serious problem for the “smaller” airlines in this climate.
But those are market forces at work, and NOT government regulation/constraints holding them
back.
A serious problem for the “smaller” airlines in this climate.
But those are market forces at work, and NOT government regulation/constraints holding them
back.
03-13-2023, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by stanherman
Going to disagree on this one. Spirit sells tickets for cheap and what they advertise to both consumers and the government are false. On any given day, that “bare fare” includes nothing. Family of 4 without seats together? Upcharge to fix that. Got a carry on or a checked bag? Another upcharge. Pick a seat? Whopping upcharge. By the time it’s all said and done, I will argue that the cost is relatively the same as the cost of a blue basic or blue fare in totality. I went to STT on spirit, $67 ticket turned into almost $400 round trip for 2 people.
The argument that Spirit sells cheap tickets for the greater good is complete and utter nonsense. They make money hand over fist in ancillary fees that don’t get reported as part of their ticketing costs. Spirit figured out they could make a ton of money on ancillary fees and that’s exactly what they do.
The argument that Spirit sells cheap tickets for the greater good is complete and utter nonsense. They make money hand over fist in ancillary fees that don’t get reported as part of their ticketing costs. Spirit figured out they could make a ton of money on ancillary fees and that’s exactly what they do.
Bought tickets on B6 for my honeymoon because they were basically the same price as NK
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03-13-2023, 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by stanherman
Going to disagree on this one. Spirit sells tickets for cheap and what they advertise to both consumers and the government are false. On any given day, that “bare fare” includes nothing. Family of 4 without seats together? Upcharge to fix that. Got a carry on or a checked bag? Another upcharge. Pick a seat? Whopping upcharge. By the time it’s all said and done, I will argue that the cost is relatively the same as the cost of a blue basic or blue fare in totality. I went to STT on spirit, $67 ticket turned into almost $400 round trip for 2 people.
The argument that Spirit sells cheap tickets for the greater good is complete and utter nonsense. They make money hand over fist in ancillary fees that don’t get reported as part of their ticketing costs. Spirit figured out they could make a ton of money on ancillary fees and that’s exactly what they do.
The argument that Spirit sells cheap tickets for the greater good is complete and utter nonsense. They make money hand over fist in ancillary fees that don’t get reported as part of their ticketing costs. Spirit figured out they could make a ton of money on ancillary fees and that’s exactly what they do.
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