Yes, so why not create the illusion that customers don't pay for checked bags? They did it backwards by trying to create the illusion of cheaper base fare.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Yes, so why not create the illusion that customers don't pay for checked bags? They did it backwards by trying to create the illusion of cheaper base fare.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Because not everyone checks bags. I never do, even though I have 3 free with status regardless of fare.
Originally posted by SEANBANERJEE
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Because people comparison shop base fares, and airlines make more money with these extra fees than with higher base fares. They didn't screw anything up, they've done a great job of increasing revenue in a competitive marketplace.
Which is exactly the point. And even less people check bags now that there is a "fee". By charging everyone a slightly smaller fee that isn't advertised, and creating the illusion they don't charge for bags, they would bring more revenue while maintaining better social status. But whatever, it's not my business that's leaving money on the table.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
You are an idiot. The increased revenue from baggage fees is well documented across multiple airlines around the world. Just because it makes you sad, doesn't mean it's bad business.
You are free to pay for a ticket that includes all these things if extra fees cause you so much heartburn. They still exist.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
99% of the rest of the world just wants a lower ticket price.
Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
Originally posted by Toma
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I just want cheaper travel to TO... there is what? A plane between the two cities every 15min? Why can I travel to Hawaii or London for less?? It makes no sense!
it makes perfect sense. People going to TO are either business travelers, or vacationers during peak seasons. They aren't price sensitive. Hawaii travelers are almost all vacationers with some flexibility of timing, so they are very price sensitive.
You can't read, but I'm the idiot? lol solid!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
What is this? A socialist airline?! Private sector corporate flights subsidizing travel for the masses’ vacations?!This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
But seriously... this is one place I would love to see some government intervention. Cheap flights around the country. There is so much I would go and see, but if it costs more than flying 2-4x further... well... that vacation spending will happen outside the country’s borders
Pearson has the highest airport improvement fees and taxes in North America. Calgary is second highest in a Canada. The base fare isn’t much different from a flight to the UK.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Haha, airlines dont want to raise their actual rates ... .but in Canada the law stipulates that fees have to be 'included' in the (all in) price (fuel surcharges, AIF, security taxes, etc) - this used to be added separately which resulted in 1$ fares on occasion back in the day.
Now, the airlines got clever start charging for options - like baggage. Expect bag fees to climb as rates sure as hell wont (esp in the vacation/economy market)!
Charging for seat selection, etc is just the start.
Supply and demand. Like everything else you buy. There's huge demand for flights to Toronto from higher yielding travelers. Ultimately the market will decide what a ticket to TO is worth.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Yeah let's have government force the airlines to charge less because you want cheap tickets to Toronto Why stop at airlines? Why not have the government force luxury car makers to charge no more than a Honda?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Switching to a la carte fees for extras like seat selection, checked luggage etc. is the most fair way to price air travel. Why should someone who just wants a cheap seat and isn't checking a bag pay the same as someone who wants to pick their exact seat and has two huge suit cases etc?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Well if the demand is SO high that they are putting more flights on that route, then it should hit a critical mass of flights that bring down prices, no? Supply and demand after all. Right???This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Or... is it more of a profit hungry move as most people flying between the two centres HAVE to travel said route regardless of price?
Also, I said the ONE place I would like to see government intervention... since, well one of the jobs of government is to make sure it’s citizens can move about the country... also keep flights within the country affordable is a net benefit it Canada since as a nation we prosper the most if we can bring wealth into the nation, then retain it within our borders... Jesus, I’m usually so far right on the spectrum of politics that it would make trump question it... but this just makes sense... or cents?
Airlines in this country are broken. Cheap domestic flights exist literally everywhere else, just not here.
Did you really just suggest that the government intervene in the price of an airline ticket??This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
Originally posted by Toma
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Cause they don’t already?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I just want to be able to get to my cottage more often... won’t someone think of the 1%?
Exactly, demand is so high that even with the high frequencies we have, the airlines are having no trouble filling the seats with the airfares they are charging. Of course there's profit motive, they are private businesses not public transit.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The government's role in ensuring citizens can move about the country is to prevent provincial borders from becoming like national borders restricting citizens travel to/from provinces, it's not to provide cheap air fare.
The airlines are not broken. They are profitable and healthy for the most part. Even then their margins are only 10% or less despite the "gouging". You can't compare cheap domestic flights in Europe (population of almost 500 million in an area smaller than Western Canada) or the US with its large population and way bigger economy.
Government gets in the way of cheaper domestic options by taxing the hell out of air travel in this country. Air fares (just what the airline takes, not the taxes) have never been cheaper relative to the actual costs to operate the flight and adjusted for inflation. I have some old Air Canada time tables from the 70's and 80's when the government regulated air fares. The prices are printed right in the timetable and adjusted for inflation they are WAY higher than ticket prices today.
Even with the high costs to operate in Canada, we still have some low cost carriers giving a go like Flair. Get the government out of way and stop taxing air travel so much and we'd probably see more low cost options on the popular routes.
You want cheaper air travel, open up our skies to foreign investment and air carriers. Prices will come down.