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I don’t think it’s a race to the bottom because people are okay with what we’re getting. We have no other options, at best, we get to choose our flavor of shit
by manyxcxi 9y ago
I don’t think it’s a race to the bottom because people are okay with what we’re getting. We have no other options, at best, we get to choose our flavor of shit pie.
I have been able to successfully avoid United for the better part of a decade and I fly Alaska and Southwest the most because I’ve had a satisfactory level of service as the norm with them, not because their prices are the cheapest- else I’d be flying Spirit airlines.
- mgkimsal 9y agoCorrect. We don't sit in smaller seats to save 'a few bucks', we generally sit in smaller seats because 1. they're the only ones available for the dates/times we need 2. paying 40-150% more is prohibitive for many folks (and generally, is not a 'few bucks'). If we had 30 inch and 28 inch pitch seats, and you could choose, and people would pay, say $10 more for 30 inch, that might get us a bit closer to the original comment, but we're nowhere near that set of options.
- hkmurakami 9y agoWe do have "pay $50 more for 2 more inches of leg space", which in my experience a decent number of people are paying for on United Economy Plus. (I am happy to pay this price on longhaul)
- gozur88 9y ago>I don’t think it’s a race to the bottom because people are okay with what we’re getting. We have no other options, at best, we get to choose our flavor of shit pie. We have no other options because most people don't care as much about seat size as they care about money. The market is working, here, it's just not working in a way that you appreciate.