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You want the comfort. The seats, privacy and trouble free ‘logistics’. You don’t need the luxuries. The three course meal, the champagne and maybe not even the
by njepa 8y ago
You want the comfort. The seats, privacy and trouble free ‘logistics’. You don’t need the luxuries. The three course meal, the champagne and maybe not even the personal service. Business class on airplanes are to some extent eat, sleep and drink class.
Hauling drinks aren’t as expensive so no need to up-sell the service, just give me a snack station.
- pintxo 8y agoI am no airline expert, but the seat, privacy and trouble free logistics is the expensive part, no? The rest: food and service is the cheap part. One row of 6 business class seats replaces what, 20-30 eco seats? That‘s where the cost comes from. So they need to be a factor of 3-5 more expensive because of space with everything else equal.
- njepa 8y agoYes, for airlines since they are space limited. But the additional space on a train would presumably be cheaper, so the relative costs of luxuries would be more. The point is just that you want "office class" on a train to be its own product. If I take a high speed train I am still probably just going to go and do some more work from a hotel, office or home. So just make the slower train nice enough instead and save on the expensive track upgrades. Just don't try to sell me, or include, a 3€ water or a 25€ meal because then the extra time becomes a liability and you ruin the concept.