Comments on: Want to waste five minutes of your life?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:47:42 +0000

Mr. Battelle appears to think that airline ticket prices are like movie ticket prices.

The transcript of his call reminds me of another call, except for in the other situation the caller has the opposite problem. He thinks movie ticket prices are like seats on an airplane and expects the price to change with the number of tickets purchased:

http://bit.ly/1rPLx2

What Mr. Battelle and the other caller have in common is that they both seem to want something extra for being special. I’m not sure why he would call reservations in the first place other than to see if he was entitled to some kind of a discount in “business class” to Tuscon for being an “Executive Premier”.

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:05:48 +0000

Mildly amusing, but nothing new there…and his repeated use of “cel phone” shows he’s either (a) not that bright or (b) doesn’t know how to use spell check.

If he’d taken his experience and expanded it into an explanation of how fare buckets work, it could have made a good primer for his readers. Lost opportunity…

By: Daniel Dauplaise

Daniel Dauplaise — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:43:33 +0000

This kind of article really highlights the difference between a serious traveller and FlyerTalk people. Serious travellers know a lot, but FlyerTalk people are borderline obsessive. Good pick up on the article.

By: mre5765

mre5765 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:36:42 +0000

DFTT

By: Gene

Gene — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:46:00 +0000

What a moron.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:55:21 +0000

Yeah..i bitched about that myself. I left a comment saying, in essence – stop bitching and vote with your wallet.