Airlines

I think this day in age, the airline booking systems should be a bit
more up to date. As a travel agent, I do wish that you could book
actual seats and guarantee it and also more extra leg room seats!. As
I specialise in Weddings Abroad and Honeymoons it would be nice to
offer something special for my customers. www.weddingsand
honeymoons.co.uk

Would be nice, wouldn't it. But I doubt it will ever happen because
airlines want the flexibility to be able to change aircraft when things go
wrong. In a big fleet the same aircraft type can have several different
interiors.
"LIZ - HOLIDAY NOW" wrote in message
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I think this day in age, the airline booking systems should be a bit
more up to date. As a travel agent, I do wish that you could book
actual seats and guarantee it and also more extra leg room seats!. As
I specialise in Weddings Abroad and Honeymoons it would be nice to
offer something special for my customers. www.weddingsand
honeymoons.co.uk

Would be nice, wouldn't it. But I doubt it will ever happen because
airlines want the flexibility to be able to change aircraft when things go
wrong. In a big fleet the same aircraft type can have several different
interiors.
"LIZ - HOLIDAY NOW" wrote in message
om...
I think this day in age, the airline booking systems should be a bit
more up to date. As a travel agent, I do wish that you could book
actual seats and guarantee it and also more extra leg room seats!. As
I specialise in Weddings Abroad and Honeymoons it would be nice to
offer something special for my customers. www.weddingsand
honeymoons.co.uk

Graham Harrison wrote:
Would be nice, wouldn't it. But I doubt it will ever happen because
airlines want the flexibility to be able to change aircraft when things go
wrong. In a big fleet the same aircraft type can have several different
interiors.

They really do that? As a passenger I've never seen an airline change
aircraft. At least, I've never seen them change to a bigger aircraft to
accommodate passengers on an overbooked flight.

I don't think the system the airlines run themselves with would even
allow for planes to be changed like that. Am I wrong? Is it just
short-notice changes that they can't do?

Graham Harrison wrote:
Would be nice, wouldn't it. But I doubt it will ever happen because
airlines want the flexibility to be able to change aircraft when things go
wrong. In a big fleet the same aircraft type can have several different
interiors.

They really do that? As a passenger I've never seen an airline change
aircraft. At least, I've never seen them change to a bigger aircraft to
accommodate passengers on an overbooked flight.

I don't think the system the airlines run themselves with would even
allow for planes to be changed like that. Am I wrong? Is it just
short-notice changes that they can't do?

"Adam Weiss" wrote in message
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Graham Harrison wrote:
Would be nice, wouldn't it. But I doubt it will ever happen because
airlines want the flexibility to be able to change aircraft when things
go wrong. In a big fleet the same aircraft type can have several
different interiors.

They really do that? As a passenger I've never seen an airline change
aircraft. At least, I've never seen them change to a bigger aircraft to
accommodate passengers on an overbooked flight.

I don't think the system the airlines run themselves with would even allow
for planes to be changed like that. Am I wrong? Is it just short-notice
changes that they can't do?


I have experienced TG change aircraft from HKG to BKK many times. But you
are right in that it has always been to smaller aircrafts.

Nik

"Adam Weiss" wrote in message
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Graham Harrison wrote:
Would be nice, wouldn't it. But I doubt it will ever happen because
airlines want the flexibility to be able to change aircraft when things
go wrong. In a big fleet the same aircraft type can have several
different interiors.

They really do that? As a passenger I've never seen an airline change
aircraft. At least, I've never seen them change to a bigger aircraft to
accommodate passengers on an overbooked flight.

I don't think the system the airlines run themselves with would even allow
for planes to be changed like that. Am I wrong? Is it just short-notice
changes that they can't do?


I have experienced TG change aircraft from HKG to BKK many times. But you
are right in that it has always been to smaller aircrafts.

Nik

Nik wrote:
"Adam Weiss" wrote in message
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Graham Harrison wrote:

Would be nice, wouldn't it. But I doubt it will ever happen because
airlines want the flexibility to be able to change aircraft when things
go wrong. In a big fleet the same aircraft type can have several
different interiors.

They really do that? As a passenger I've never seen an airline change
aircraft. At least, I've never seen them change to a bigger aircraft to
accommodate passengers on an overbooked flight.

I don't think the system the airlines run themselves with would even allow
for planes to be changed like that. Am I wrong? Is it just short-notice
changes that they can't do?



I have experienced TG change aircraft from HKG to BKK many times. But you
are right in that it has always been to smaller aircrafts.

Nik



What gets me is that I remember, probably around 10 years ago, taking a
Greyhound bus from Boston to New York City. About 50 or 60 people
showed up for that trip. But the bus only had room for 35 or so. What
did Greyhound do? They brought another bus and driver around to handle
the extra people.

I've never figured out why the airlines can't work out something similar
for overbooked flights.

Nik wrote:
"Adam Weiss" wrote in message
...

Graham Harrison wrote:

Would be nice, wouldn't it. But I doubt it will ever happen because
airlines want the flexibility to be able to change aircraft when things
go wrong. In a big fleet the same aircraft type can have several
different interiors.

They really do that? As a passenger I've never seen an airline change
aircraft. At least, I've never seen them change to a bigger aircraft to
accommodate passengers on an overbooked flight.

I don't think the system the airlines run themselves with would even allow
for planes to be changed like that. Am I wrong? Is it just short-notice
changes that they can't do?



I have experienced TG change aircraft from HKG to BKK many times. But you
are right in that it has always been to smaller aircrafts.

Nik



What gets me is that I remember, probably around 10 years ago, taking a
Greyhound bus from Boston to New York City. About 50 or 60 people
showed up for that trip. But the bus only had room for 35 or so. What
did Greyhound do? They brought another bus and driver around to handle
the extra people.

I've never figured out why the airlines can't work out something similar
for overbooked flights.

Adam Weiss wrote:

What did Greyhound do? They brought another bus and driver around to handle
the extra people. I've never figured out why the airlines can't work out something similar
for overbooked flights.

Airlines don't just have planes and crews sitting around, waiting for someplace
to go. It's too expensive. There's about 2 orders of magnitude difference in the
cost of a bus (~$250K) and a 737 class aircraft ($25M). Adding crews on top of
that...

The capital costs alone would eat up any profits.

Actually, IIRC, there was only one or two airlines that even tried that. Those
were some of the east coast shuttle flights that didn't accept reservations.