Originally Posted by
ozbiggles
That is the Australian way. Get something that works and pays for itself, employs thousands of people and get the government involved to hobble it. When people pay more to park their cars at an airport than they are willing to pay for an airline ticket then the problem lies elsewhere.
What you just described is the great con of 'cheap' travel. The airline ticket itself may be cheaper, but by breaking down all the costs into small manageable amounts the consumer does not realize how much they are actually spending. Spend on transport to the airport/parking, food, mindless shopping at the terminal, spend on in-flight items and upgrades, destination expenses, before you know it you have spent double or triple what you expect to and the credit card is maxed out for you to slowly pay off until the next 'cheap' holiday, but hey you enjoyed it, did you not? Also think of all the cash people spend preparing for a holiday, new luggage, new phone/camera for those perfect pics/reels, and new outfits, fake tan (even when going somewhere to get a tan) etc etc etc etc.... Most people are pretty lost when bamboozled with multiple costs and just go with it, instead of working out how much they are spending. All the airline is doing is cutting their margins to enable all the others to profit from it.