Comments on: Couldn’t Help But Notice (032307) http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/23/couldnt-help-but-notice-032307/ The Business End of the Blogosphere Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:24:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/23/couldnt-help-but-notice-032307/#comment-112305 TBlumer Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:45:21 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/23/couldnt-help-but-notice-032307/#comment-112305 Kevin, thanks for the info. I don't think I've ever been on a flight with involuntary bumping yet. Lots of bumping, but none involuntary that I know of. Kevin, thanks for the info. I don’t think I’ve ever been on a flight with involuntary bumping yet. Lots of bumping, but none involuntary that I know of.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/23/couldnt-help-but-notice-032307/#comment-112297 Kevin Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:27:30 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/23/couldnt-help-but-notice-032307/#comment-112297 Tom, seat assignments don't matter. If someone pays more for your seat, you will lose it. Airlines choose who gets bumped by prioritizing the fare class of the ticket. Next time you travel, look for the fare class on the boarding pass. Here's a link that explains oversold flights. http://www.fodors.com/wire/archives/001369.cfm Tom, seat assignments don’t matter. If someone pays more for your seat, you will lose it. Airlines choose who gets bumped by prioritizing the fare class of the ticket. Next time you travel, look for the fare class on the boarding pass.

Here’s a link that explains oversold flights.

http://www.fodors.com/wire/archives/001369.cfm

]]> By: TBlumer http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/23/couldnt-help-but-notice-032307/#comment-112276 TBlumer Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:48:20 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/23/couldnt-help-but-notice-032307/#comment-112276 #1 Kevin, I don't think whether or not you have a full-fare ticket drives the bumping priority. I think what drives it is whether you get an assigned seat, because the air lines only assign about 75% of them ahead of time. I could easily be mistaken, but I thought that those likely to be bumped are those who didn't get seat assignments until the day of the flight. Regardless, I don't think the airlines look at who did and didn't pay full fare (and by that I assume you mean people who didn't get any kind of discount for booking 7, 14, or 21 days in advance) to decide who gets involuntarily bumped. #1 Kevin, I don’t think whether or not you have a full-fare ticket drives the bumping priority. I think what drives it is whether you get an assigned seat, because the air lines only assign about 75% of them ahead of time. I could easily be mistaken, but I thought that those likely to be bumped are those who didn’t get seat assignments until the day of the flight. Regardless, I don’t think the airlines look at who did and didn’t pay full fare (and by that I assume you mean people who didn’t get any kind of discount for booking 7, 14, or 21 days in advance) to decide who gets involuntarily bumped.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/23/couldnt-help-but-notice-032307/#comment-112275 Kevin Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:26:58 +0000 http://www.bizzyblog.com/2007/03/23/couldnt-help-but-notice-032307/#comment-112275 Tell Glenn to buy a full-fare ticket and he won't get bumped. In economic terms, we refer to this as perfect price discrimination. It's a necessity for such volatile industries such as commercial aviation to skim profits. Tell Glenn to buy a full-fare ticket and he won’t get bumped. In economic terms, we refer to this as perfect price discrimination. It’s a necessity for such volatile industries such as commercial aviation to skim profits.

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