Members TampaYankee Posted July 5, 2013 Members Posted July 5, 2013 Airline Fees Keep Climbing Some Carriers Bundle Charges for Former Freebies, Framing Them as a Service Read all about it: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689204578569653054627258.html?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp Quote
Members RA1 Posted July 5, 2013 Members Posted July 5, 2013 This trend is just going to continue. No airline has the nerve to just price for the service rendered and expected to be rendered. One "invents" a fee and the others follow or no one follows and the originator retracts. There has been a lot more following lately than retracting. The customers are almost as bad. They gripe and moan but just pay and go. What other industry has such control of its' service? The airlines have 50 different prices every day. They charge you for changing your time of departure. They won't let anyone except you use your ticket. They take your money and still control your ticket/flight. None of this is required by tariff, the TSA or any other regulations. The airlines just made up these rules and we let them get away with it. With rare exceptions hotels do not do this and their rooms are just as gone the next day as an airline seat is once the airplane leaves the gate. Hotels would like to fill up their rooms and discounters fill that requirement very well. But, their clientele has more options and is more willing to go elsewhere if hotels get "too uppity". As you know, I avoid the airlines like the plague. Their attitude is very good for charter and corporate aviation. But, we all need to survive and that isn't easy. Best regards, RA1 TotallyOz 1 Quote
