Comments on: United’s Innovative Fare Plan (Maybe) http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2006/12/15/uniteds-innovative-fare-plan-maybe/ Airline News and Commentary Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:49:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jared http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2006/12/15/uniteds-innovative-fare-plan-maybe/#comment-5450 Jared Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:22:21 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2006/12/15/uniteds-innovative-fare-plan-maybe/#comment-5450 If you think we could make money doing it, I'd be happy to run the first OTR conference. I don't think people should be complaining. The fact is, all of the stuff they're asking you to pay for is bundled into the fare. They'll just strip it out of the fare so you're only paying for what you use. Times have changed, and while everyone liked all the frills, no one was willing to pay for them (which is part of the reason for all the bankruptcies). People just like to complain... If you think we could make money doing it, I’d be happy to run the first OTR conference.

I don’t think people should be complaining. The fact is, all of the stuff they’re asking you to pay for is bundled into the fare. They’ll just strip it out of the fare so you’re only paying for what you use. Times have changed, and while everyone liked all the frills, no one was willing to pay for them (which is part of the reason for all the bankruptcies). People just like to complain…

]]> By: iahphx http://www.onlinetravelreview.com/2006/12/15/uniteds-innovative-fare-plan-maybe/#comment-5449 iahphx Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:37:18 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onlinetravelreview/2006/12/15/uniteds-innovative-fare-plan-maybe/#comment-5449 Yeah, I started a discussion topic in the "mileage buzz" portion of Flyertalk yesterday about this. You can read all the gripes there. : Yeah, I started a discussion topic in the “mileage buzz” portion of Flyertalk yesterday about this. You can read all the gripes there. :

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