Originally Posted by
Traffic_Is_Er_Was
[Payment up front] is about how 90% of commerce works these days. You bought a Macca's or a car lately? The only difference between that and an airline ticket is the time lapse between payment and delivery, and the rubberiness of what they will provide for that money.
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No maccas and when I purchased my current car I paid for it when I picked it up.
90% of the commerce in which I choose to participate involves me paying after the goods or services have been delivered. Other people can make other choices. That's the joy of the free market.
My main point was that there is no law of physics or commerce that prohibits the payment model I proposed. But I suppose - as others have correctly observed - if sheeple continue to line up to pay in advance then I'm sure airlines will be happy to take their money in advance and treat them like sheeple.