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I fail to see how this is a bad thing at all
by dtech 2y ago
I fail to see how this is a bad thing at all
- alistairSH 2y agoFor everybody who doesn't travel with kids, who will now see a small increase in base fare, this is a financial negative. But, I'm with you - "humanizing" airline travel a bit is probably a net good. These days, basically nobody enjoys flying for myriad reasons (almost all of which are vaguely caused by a "race to the bottom")
- Ekaros 2y agoClearly solution here is to increase price of tickets for underage children. Which is the fairest way for everyone.
- freetanga 2y agoConsidering the main cost is fuel, why not weight passengers at take-off and charge a supplement accordingly ? Cost-wise, kids should be 50% off.
- Scoundreller 2y agoShould build some rows with mini seats and tiny legroom for the kids. Make it more like a resort where you hand off the kids to the on-site daycare and enjoy a carefree day. Need a staffer, but the extra seating capacity should cover it. We have on-board showers, individual cabins, sit down bars, but where’s the onsite daycare?
- frumper 2y agoAnd adults that want to save money can squeeze into the tiny seats. Once that catches on we can have a new junk fee for an oversized tiny seat, it can be even the new base fare even. /s
- ninth_ant 2y agoThe cost of this is negligible if it exists at all. Charging for access to the already-existing seat selection feature when booking is a classic tactic of price discrimination to squeeze more money from people who can afford it. So this could impact profits, but not costs.
- alistairSH 2y agoYes, we agree.