Where is UA PR?
04-17-2017 | 12:37 PM
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04-17-2017 | 12:54 PM
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Perhaps someone should put forth legislation that prevents all airlines from over booking. It would be a level playing field, all airlines just charge more to compensate for the losses of not over booking. As an exception to the law, PS could be added after the flight is sold-out, up to a certain percentage. In this scenario we could then legally offer people money to take a later flight. Just thinking out load, I'm sure there is some reason this can't work.
04-17-2017 | 01:35 PM
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True. This is a slippery slope. As soon as we start offering money for an oversold flight, people are going to take full advantage of this. This quickly becomes a big money loser for us.
Perhaps someone should put forth legislation that prevents all airlines from over booking. It would be a level playing field, all airlines just charge more to compensate for the losses of not over booking. As an exception to the law, PS could be added after the flight is sold-out, up to a certain percentage. In this scenario we could then legally offer people money to take a later flight. Just thinking out load, I'm sure there is some reason this can't work.
Perhaps someone should put forth legislation that prevents all airlines from over booking. It would be a level playing field, all airlines just charge more to compensate for the losses of not over booking. As an exception to the law, PS could be added after the flight is sold-out, up to a certain percentage. In this scenario we could then legally offer people money to take a later flight. Just thinking out load, I'm sure there is some reason this can't work.
Overbooking was a profitable strategy in the past. Delta's decision to raise maximum DB compensation is going to make it unprofitable because every dirtbag in the US will now be looking for $10k to give up their seat.
The problem is the demand is exceeding supply. We can add capacity, raise prices, or do both. I'm in favor of doing both. We don't even need to 'raise' ticket prices; all we need to do is change the number of seats available in each fare bucket. We shouldn't even be selling tickets in the G, K, or L fare buckets right now.
04-17-2017 | 01:48 PM
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Don't think out load; it's a half baked idea. What this industry doesn't need is more government interference.
Overbooking was a profitable strategy in the past. Delta's decision to raise maximum DB compensation is going to make it unprofitable because every dirtbag in the US will now be looking for $10k to give up their seat.
The problem is the demand is exceeding supply. We can add capacity, raise prices, or do both. I'm in favor of doing both. We don't even need to 'raise' ticket prices; all we need to do is change the number of seats available in each fare bucket. We shouldn't even be selling tickets in the G, K, or L fare buckets right now.
Overbooking was a profitable strategy in the past. Delta's decision to raise maximum DB compensation is going to make it unprofitable because every dirtbag in the US will now be looking for $10k to give up their seat.
The problem is the demand is exceeding supply. We can add capacity, raise prices, or do both. I'm in favor of doing both. We don't even need to 'raise' ticket prices; all we need to do is change the number of seats available in each fare bucket. We shouldn't even be selling tickets in the G, K, or L fare buckets right now.
The government doesn't have to get involved for airlines to stop the overbooking policy. Or maybe it'll be part of the settlement agreement on the pending lawsuit?
04-17-2017 | 01:58 PM
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And frankly, all of this is a management yield decision. We're paid to move metal from point A to point B, not come up with brain dead suggestions.
I doubt the lawsuit will ever see a courtroom; Dr Dao has a LOT of well documented personality issues in his background that are pertinent.
04-17-2017 | 02:08 PM
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04-17-2017 | 03:50 PM
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Where is UA PR?
They'll stop overbooking when it's not profitable. We don't need government interference.
And frankly, all of this is a management yield decision. We're paid to move metal from point A to point B, not come up with brain dead suggestions.
I doubt the lawsuit will ever see a courtroom; Dr Dao has a LOT of well documented personality issues in his background that are pertinent.
And frankly, all of this is a management yield decision. We're paid to move metal from point A to point B, not come up with brain dead suggestions.
I doubt the lawsuit will ever see a courtroom; Dr Dao has a LOT of well documented personality issues in his background that are pertinent.
Like I said in my post you quoted, the government doesn't have to get involved for the overbooking policy to change. And like I also said in my post you quoted, a settlement, meaning it doesn't reach a courtroom, may involve changes in policy as well, despite anyone's irrelevant personality issue. Those are the only two points I made in my post.
Brain dead?
04-17-2017 | 04:34 PM
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Like I said in my post you quoted, the government doesn't have to get involved for the overbooking policy to change. And like I also said in my post you quoted, a settlement, meaning it doesn't reach a courtroom, may involve changes in policy as well, despite anyone's irrelevant personality issue. Those are the only two points I made in my post.
Brain dead?
Brain dead?
04-18-2017 | 05:35 AM
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No, it was just such a brain dead concept that an individual's civil lawsuit against a company would include overbooking restrictions. Can you cite any previous case law where a corporate policy changed due to restrictions in a civil lawsuit made by an individual (not class action)?
