Aviation HQ wrote to Charles Blackburn <=-
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I know of Aer Lingus and Delta flying in pool to Dublin and Delta was allowed to sell 20 seats on an Aer Lingus flight. You arrive at Dublin airport with a regular Delta ticket and it turns out that Delta sold
over 60 without making a reservation and the ticketing agents had to
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.
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website and then it starts... you go to the USA from Europe with your
kids and you easily pay $250 extra per person just to sit next to your kids... $70 to get to take a suitcase with you either way. Want to have
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.
A meal? In the past, in the golden age of aviation, a meal was a real meal. Then the period of "Chicken or pasta" started and that chicken
was a chicken breast. A little later it became a very small chicken
breast of which you could wonder whether it came from a chicken or from
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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).
Have you noticed how few airlines go bankrupt these days? Virtually
none anymore, and there is a reason for that... the technology to
extract money from travelers' pockets has been greatly refined.
that's because they're all being gobbled up by the majors.
If they need more money they will find ways ... coin-operated
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
... Computer Hacker wanted. Must have own axe.
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