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-=> Aviation HQ wrote to Charles Blackburn <=-



 AH> I know of Aer Lingus and Delta flying in pool to Dublin and Delta was
 AH> allowed to sell 20 seats on an Aer Lingus flight. You arrive at Dublin
 AH> airport with a regular Delta ticket and it turns out that Delta sold
 AH> over 60 without making a reservation and the ticketing agents had to
 AH> sort it out. Happened to a friend of mine.

that's nothing unusual nowadays, it happens all the time, been there done
that... 
their reasoning is that they expect some people to be late, or not show up at
all... 
this is the practice that should be banned at the very least. it's one thing to
oversell by a dozen or so, but yea the amount nowadays... but i always have
been
known to mention to people that do get bumped from flights...... DO NOT LEAVE
THE
AIRPORT and they are REQUIRED to give you a cash equivalent there and then.

 

 AH> website and then it starts... you go to the USA from Europe with your
 AH> kids and you easily pay $250 extra per person just to sit next to your
 AH> kids... $70 to get to take a suitcase with you either way. Want to have
 AH> a beer with your meal? Pay!

it's the same the other way around too.. rediculous... like here... If i was to
fly
KMCO to KJFK on delta in the main cabin for 2 days, it would right now (just
looked it up)
US $533 (not including taxes).

If i take the same flight out of KDAB which i live across the street from, it
would easily 
cost me at least a hundred bucks more usually, INCLUDING a layover in
craplanta.


 AH> A meal? In the past, in the golden age of aviation, a meal was a real
 AH> meal. Then the period of "Chicken or pasta" started and that chicken
 AH> was a chicken breast. A little later it became a very small chicken
 AH> breast of which you could wonder whether it came from a chicken or from



one of the best meals i ever had, surprisingly enough, was when i took an air
india
flight from the uk to toronto. Yes it was curry but to be honest, the service
and the food
was excellent. 

nowadays you're lucky to get jack on a domestic flight outside of stale cookies
or nasty 
peanuts (which im allergic to anyway).

 AH> Have you noticed how few airlines go bankrupt these days? Virtually
 AH> none anymore, and there is a reason for that... the technology to
 AH> extract money from travelers' pockets has been greatly refined.

that's because they're all being gobbled up by the majors.

 AH> If they need more money they will find ways ... coin-operated
 AH> restrooms, standing-up space only, 7-abreast seating in a 737 ...

i've always had the opinion of for long hauls, dont put seats, just put racks
in
you lie down on the rack. they knock you out for the duration and wake you up
an hour before
you land with coffee and brekkie LOL

you can easily double the amount of pax on a 777 lmao

Charlie


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