"DOLLARING" YOU TO DEATH!
FUN WITH THE AIRLINES!
Do you remember the GOOD OLD DAYS when airlines just NICKEL 'N DIMED you to death? Those days are gone!
A buck for water, 2 bucks for a soda and $7 for the mini-blankie and baby pillow! And $1 MILLION for your 3rd checked bag!
There is an airline in the far East who still charges ONLY $99.00 for one way tickets within the region!!!
They do add a fuel surcharge, though: $1,000.00. Now. That is clever.
A well respected scientist and professor at one of our finest universities suggested that:
1. We all take a JUMBO sized empty plastic bottle with us and fill it with water BEFORE boarding.
2. We all take "exact change" for all our on-board [coerced] purchases. ALL PENNIES!
I said he was respected; not necessarily socially conscious.
I expect that the TSA in consort with the airlines will find many, many potentially nefarious uses for plastic bottles and zinc, thus, making that illegal to carry onboard. Yes. Your "copper" penny is really zinc.
We want ALL YOUR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MESS WITH THE AIRLINES' "DOLLARING" YOU TO DEATH POLICIES.
Leno had a good idea for the airlines: Beer is free. Use of bathroom is $100.00.
Have fun!
And YES! AS FIRST REPORTED ON Ctoads: AIRLINES ARE CONSIDERING CHARGING PASSENGERS BY WEIGHT! THEIR WEIGHT! It is the first topic under "OTHER HOT BLARGUMENTS" below....
Have fun!
What Say You?
"DOLLARING" YOU TO DEATH!
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uncut0072002 ( 62 posts / 1 fights ) from Chicago, Illinois (United States) on 08/21 at 01:58PM PT
Well for all you complainers, where were you when the industry was deregulated? I worked for it then. You say free market creates competition. Not when you have behmouths willing to take a loss to kill competition. Now you are getting what you paid for and deserve. I have no sympathy for you. You blamed unions and everyone else. Now you find you are your own worse enemy. GET OVER IT.
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CToads 46 ( 72 posts / 2 fights ) from Beverly Hills, California (United States) on 08/18 at 09:34PM PT
Push, push, push! That's what the airlines are doing. They are waiting for the groundswell from irrate passingers to have the gov. take action and perhaps subsidize part the the cost. I agree with Chem. Charge what needs to be charged and let the flying public decide if they will fill the seats.
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PompAdore ( 42 posts / 3 fights ) from Los Angeles, California (United States) on 08/14 at 02:45PM PT
Leno's idea is brilliant. I'm shocked the airlines haven't gone for it yet. Think about it. Beer ingestion yields constant bathroom use. Further, to digress, all beverages should be free of charge with a steady dollar rate for bathroom use. Then flying will be like a game: "Who can hold their pee the longest." The friendly skies may prove not to be so friendly after all.
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Spinner ( 160 posts / 3 fights ) from Sherman Oaks, California (United States) on 08/13 at 09:57PM PT
Next is monetary tips for the flight attendants - particularly if they actually address you in a friendly, patient manner. They will pool all their tips and share with the airlines. May seem like "pittence", but this could be big - we would all be so ecstatic to be treated like "humans", those tips will quickly add up! Here's another idea - extra $'s for an aisle seat or exit row.
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on 08/05 at 03:34PM PTOh Yes. I am traveling again soon. I will bring a large empty water bottle. Perhaps 2. One big plastic and one biiiig sports thermos. Hmmm. Maybe I can interest a network into sending a camera crew as well.
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Grizz ( 533 posts / 14 fights ) from Balclutha, Clutha (New Zealand) on 08/06 at 09:49PM PT
I'd be careful with that one you maybe mistaken for Michael Moore, Mind you I'd love to do "the fly on the wall" bit when you do it.
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on 08/05 at 03:31PM PT
I am thinking of selling baggage transport much like trading carbon credits. Sort of "averaging" bags. If my companion has no checked bag and I have one checked bag, I will demand to pay for ONE HALF A CHECKED BAG.
How much of an argument can I make before getting handcuffed?
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uncut0072002 ( 62 posts / 1 fights ) from Chicago, Illinois (United States) on 08/05 at 10:37AM PT
The chickens have come home to roost. I worked for an airline before deregulation. Now deregulation has again turned an industry into garbage. Told it would increase competition, instead it has left 4 or 4 large ones. That's a monopoly. And for those who blame the unions and wouldn't back them, Well you get what you pay for and now you are getting it good. Serves those deregulationists right.
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chem ( 90 posts / 0 fights ) from Palo Alto, California (United States) on 08/05 at 01:54PM PT
Oh no. Much more complicated then that. Deregulation is good. Market economics create regulation and deregulation. What the airlines are doing is reasonable. They have to survive. How they are doing it is so foolish. Compute the fuel cost of all those perks and add to the ticket. You are not going to complain when your ticket cost goes up by $3 or $10 or $30. We don't have constitutional rights to affordable tickets.
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