Comments on: Delta and Northwest Begin to Standardize Fees http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/2008/11/06/delta-and-northwest-begin-to-standardize-fees/ Dan Webb on Aviation Thu, 10 May 2012 05:25:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dan Webb http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/2008/11/06/delta-and-northwest-begin-to-standardize-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Dan Webb Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:52:40 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/?p=201#comment-289 Thanks for the comment! Your case is a perfect example of the negative aspect of fees. I do think that as time passes, more and more travelers will become aware and consider a shift to other airlines. Thanks for the comment! Your case is a perfect example of the negative aspect of fees. I do think that as time passes, more and more travelers will become aware and consider a shift to other airlines.

]]> By: Dismayed Flyer http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/2008/11/06/delta-and-northwest-begin-to-standardize-fees/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Dismayed Flyer Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:16:10 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/thingsinthesky/?p=201#comment-284 Your last comment is right on the mark; however freqeunt flyers are aware. Our company has switched to Southwest (yahoo MN gates are coming, finally!), Alaska Air, and some others because of the proliferation of fees. We have gotten rid of our legacy carrier miles as the costs are too high and the programs too complicated to be of use anymore for a small firm. We now typicaly save the cost of an airfare every 3-5 flights -- much better than banking the miles on the legacy carriers and less fees = less hassle when traveling often. Fees for seats, fees for extras, fees for baggage (and then they complain that the overhead bins are full -- idiots!), higher mileage qualifications, pricing and mileage disadvantages for small- and mid-sized firms, fewer direct flights, and the list goes on -- all of this makes travel much less enjoyable, more costly, and more of a hassle. On top of that we're supposed to feel sorry for them when they make their own troubles and happy for them when they charge us additional fees. The inmates are running the asylum. They should instead be asking, "why would someone ever want to fly this company anymore?" But sadly they're not. Dismayed Flyer who recently left Delta and NWA programs Your last comment is right on the mark; however freqeunt flyers are aware. Our company has switched to Southwest (yahoo MN gates are coming, finally!), Alaska Air, and some others because of the proliferation of fees. We have gotten rid of our legacy carrier miles as the costs are too high and the programs too complicated to be of use anymore for a small firm. We now typicaly save the cost of an airfare every 3-5 flights — much better than banking the miles on the legacy carriers and less fees = less hassle when traveling often. Fees for seats, fees for extras, fees for baggage (and then they complain that the overhead bins are full — idiots!), higher mileage qualifications, pricing and mileage disadvantages for small- and mid-sized firms, fewer direct flights, and the list goes on — all of this makes travel much less enjoyable, more costly, and more of a hassle. On top of that we’re supposed to feel sorry for them when they make their own troubles and happy for them when they charge us additional fees. The inmates are running the asylum. They should instead be asking, “why would someone ever want to fly this company anymore?” But sadly they’re not.

Dismayed Flyer who recently left Delta and NWA programs

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