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British Airways flies planes empty because it lacks flightattendants
On Nov 23, 10:55 pm, VainGlorious
wrote: Yes, there ARE yahoos and boors in 1st class seats. It happens. But not as much as in steerage. The airlines count on this and make efforts to maintain this. They have no vested interested in giving away upgraded seats to the common scum. There is no advantage in it. - TR - a common scum who occasionally flies business/1st class. I was upgraded from steerage to business once, on KLM from UK to SF. Also, when AF lost my seat assignment in business they upgraded some oik to sit in my seat - she looked a bit ****ed off to be booted back to the tourist section when I showed up. I think what "VIPs" want most of all is to have a chance of sleeping so they can stay awake in meetings the next day. I know that's what I most like about flying business. B; |
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British Airways flies planes empty because it lacks flight attendants
Following up to VainGlorious wrote:
Rich people dont get drunk or misbehave???? I find that hard to believe As for a foul smelling pax, coughing up phleghm, could be a slight exageration on your part.. Of course it's an exaggeration. You can't look at the policy in isolation or anecdotally. As an airline, you must look at the big picture. Where's the value in business/1st class? Is it bigger seats? Is it better food and service? That's part of it, sure. But five more cm of seat width are not worth 10x the airfare, nor is a poached salmon. The real value is primarily a psychological one: you are a "VIP", and the amenities are an indication of your status. 10cm of legroom is worth quite a lot to me. My observation of business class and pseudo business class seats are that you have at very least double the chance of not having children kicking the back of your seat and screaming or being sat next to some foul individual of some sort. I couldnt give a **** for status. -- Mike Remove clothing to email |
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British Airways flies planes empty because it lacks flightattendants
On 23 Nov, 21:55, VainGlorious wrote:
On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:57:22 +1100, Qanset wrote: VainGlorious wrote: So, let's say you paid £1600 for Business class: roughly 10x what the commoners pay. You have an empty seat across the aisle from you. Because some "drunken green grocer from Luton" decides he'd be more comfortable up front, you get to spend 9 hours in abject horror as this hideous, foul-smelling idiot drones on and on about how the Pakis are making England a desert and coughing up phlegm, some of which lands on your Simon Carter cufflink. Rich people dont get drunk or misbehave???? I find that hard to believe As for a foul smelling pax, coughing up phleghm, could be a slight exageration on your part.. Of course it's an exaggeration. You can't look at the policy in isolation or anecdotally. As an airline, you must look at the big picture. Where's the value in business/1st class? Is it bigger seats? Is it better food and service? That's part of it, sure. But five more cm of seat width are not worth 10x the airfare, nor is a poached salmon. The real value is primarily a psychological one: you are a "VIP", and the amenities are an indication of your status. Once you compromise that value, no one will pay for it anymore. One of the biggest factors is ticket flexibility. For fully flex business class you get your money back if you simply don't show up. Also remember that many business class tickets are not paid for by the people who use them: that is why it is called 'business class'. In VIP seats, you are more likely to have sedate seatmates and a less stressful flight. It's not a guarantee (as anyone who's flown Alaska Air 1st class will tell you), but you are statistically more likely to have a civil flight in business or 1st than you are in steerage. You suffer the same delays and flight cancellations, regardless of class. In case of poor service, you might can higher compensation based on the ticket class you booked. |
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