Sign of things to come?
Starting to seek alternative revenues, its an aggressive market but this is starting to reek of LCC...
Emirates to charge fee for seat selection from October 3 | GulfNews.com |
In fairness, it's only on the two cheapest Y class tickets. If I was a loyal Skywards member and had paid a full fare for flexibility, I would be a little pissed if I ended up in a middle row because someone who'd paid half my fare got the last window or aisle seat. I actually think it makes sense personally.
You don't have to pay it, only if you want to be certain of a particular perch for 14 hours! Harry |
Here we go again
This is a classic CM ploy ..He is testing the waters . Did the same in Aer Lingus , extra charge for lounge access etc ... It's pretty old hat frankly , it was mainly devised to differentiate the product from Ryr &
Give the illusion that customers had a choice , plus making the company more attractive for a takeover by the BA group & O , Leary a good selling opportunity for his stake .. I don't expect anything new or truly innovative , all a bit 2nd rate I'm afraid ... Standby for contract changes sorry " modifications " |
If I was a loyal Skywards member and had paid a full fare for flexibility, I would be a little pissed if I ended up in a middle row because someone who'd paid half my fare got the last window or aisle seat. Giving passengers who paid less than skywards members or who are not skywards members a chance to have better seats than skywards members by paying a few Dhs more undermines the whole skywards system, so of course "it makes sense". Don't make a silver lining out of pure logic, Harry. |
How soon before business class seat auctions or is that happening already ?
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Originally Posted by Metro man
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How soon before business class seat auctions or is that happening already ?
See his interview link below. While I give him credit for changing the industry and doing some good things, his self-centeredness is disgusting. He users 'I' or 'me' about 50 times in that article and gives no credit to anyone below him other than that they are idiots who tried to stop him putting showers on a 380.. Explains a lot really. https://skift.com/2016/09/19/interview-emirates-ceo-tim-clark-on-the-next-generation-of-fees/ |
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