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It never occurred to me that we've been victims of surge pricing long before it became the new hip way to rake in bonus cash thanks to the example of Uber. Air
by damnesian 3y ago
It never occurred to me that we've been victims of surge pricing long before it became the new hip way to rake in bonus cash thanks to the example of Uber. Air travel has always been this shell game. Travel from point A to point B should be the same, no matter what, no matter when. This would render all of this trouble- the suspicion, the workarounds, the enforcement- moot.
- flatline 3y agoWhy should prices be the same? Airlines are private companies in an already heavily regulated industry with thin margins and high operational costs. It may be nice to have something more like public air transit, but we can’t even figure that out consistently for ground travel.
- baseballdork 3y agoI don't know about being priced the same, but certainly I shouldn't be penalized for _not_ taking an extra seat on another flight, right? The nonsense that makes hidden city viable should be banned.
- itake 3y agoAlso, airlines over sell flights as part of their pricing model. Passengers are penalized for using their tickets too.
- floomk 3y ago> but we can’t even figure that out consistently for ground travel Well, the US seemingly can't.
- samstave 3y agoExactly, the one thing I oft think is when I hear about some metro, such as bart, or MUNI, or some other big-USA-city-metro woes, like NYC subway etc... complain that they need more money to handle efficiencies or some stupid shit ; I always think that every single USA-based transit administrator, or even train conductor, should be forced to do an internship in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong-kong, shanghai beijing etc... You want to know what VALUE YOU SHOULD BE _PROVIDING_ then go find a rail/transit system that fn works, is clean, is on time, isnt a crippling financial bullshit on the people... go do some transits in these countries to see what a shameful position USA is in this regard. And you - specifically and personally who work for these transit orgs in the US and are too stupid to even see the simple truth of how Fd the US is in this regard.
- skeaker 3y agoAre you an airline? If not, the benefits to you of set costs should be obvious. Now consider that the vast, vast majority of humanity are not airlines, meaning that the net benefit to humanity would be enormous.
- winter_blue 3y agoYou'd still likely need an auction system on top of fixed A-to-B prices, since first-come-first-serve might not be the most optimal system for holiday travel.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 3y agoDoesn't have to be an auction, could be a 5 day lottery or something.
- dylan604 3y agoEveryone has always known that if you buy your tickets in advance, I think 2 weeks was the sweet spot, they were cheaper than buying them day of type of thing. Hell, even buying concert tickets in advance used to offer a slight discount, as the promoter use use the money from pre-sales to pay deposits.