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We had a nice chat a couple of days with a lady from a chain of appartments and resorts in the Auszrian alps. And while she said, that next time we can easily b

by hef19898 3y ago

We had a nice chat a couple of days with a lady from a chain of appartments and resorts in the Auszrian alps. And while she said, that next time we can easily book directly with them, she was also quite happy with booking.com. First, booking as a search engine brings them customers. Second, booking helps in getting short term stays reducing the risk and impact of last minute cancellations. One thing so, sometimes booking.com is aponsoring fares. Obviously, the hotel cannot match that. Regarding air travel, the last couple of flights I checked, the was no difference between skyscanner and the airlines directly. With the exception of skyscanner showing you the bare-bone fares where you bring your own seat belt...

nebula8804 3y ago
>With the exception of skyscanner showing you the bare-bone fares where you bring your own seat belt... I loled but ryanair was considering a "standing only" tier: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/feb/28/ryanair-standing-only-plane-tickets-regulator https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/feb/28/ryanair-sta... Frankly maybe I'd prefer that to cramped seats.
- eesmith 3y ago
  That was a marketing stunt. There's no way it would have been allowed and they had to have known it. You don't want to take turbulence standing up. The London Underground doesn't take negative g-s, there's no equivalent to brace position should there be an emergency landing, and there are strict certification requirements for how quickly everyone should be able to evacuate. The same is true about the other stunt fees listed - charge for the toilets and you'll have people peeing in bottles or on the floor. Moving to one pilot instead of two doesn't yet seem like a cost effective solution as it requires a level of automation that isn't here yet, and definitely not something Ryan can pull off on its own. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/single-pilot-planes/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/single-pilot-planes/i...

nebula8804 3y ago

>With the exception of skyscanner showing you the bare-bone fares where you bring your own seat belt... I loled but ryanair was considering a "standing only" tier: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/feb/28/ryanair-standing-only-plane-tickets-regulator https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/feb/28/ryanair-sta... Frankly maybe I'd prefer that to cramped seats.

eesmith 3y ago
That was a marketing stunt. There's no way it would have been allowed and they had to have known it. You don't want to take turbulence standing up. The London Underground doesn't take negative g-s, there's no equivalent to brace position should there be an emergency landing, and there are strict certification requirements for how quickly everyone should be able to evacuate. The same is true about the other stunt fees listed - charge for the toilets and you'll have people peeing in bottles or on the floor. Moving to one pilot instead of two doesn't yet seem like a cost effective solution as it requires a level of automation that isn't here yet, and definitely not something Ryan can pull off on its own. https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/single-pilot-planes/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/single-pilot-planes/i...