Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
08-13-2010, 10:24 AM
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I think this is one of the reasons we jumped on the baggage fee bandwagon. People would go buy a ticket on Airline XYZ beacause it was $5 cheaper, not realizing they would be paying an extra $25 when they got to the airport. So even though we tried to bake the price of the bag into the ticket, No one was booking to us because of it, and everyone else was getting extra revenue.
08-13-2010, 10:37 AM
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08-13-2010, 10:39 AM
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I think this is one of the reasons we jumped on the baggage fee bandwagon. People would go buy a ticket on Airline XYZ beacause it was $5 cheaper, not realizing they would be paying an extra $25 when they got to the airport. So even though we tried to bake the price of the bag into the ticket, No one was booking to us because of it, and everyone else was getting extra revenue.
08-13-2010, 11:18 AM
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Hey 20 Mile, as one who was actually working at the Clinton White House, which I guess qualifies me to have an opinion, I don't think your "rightwing extremist mother-in-law" is that far off base. Statistically, maybe what you are using for a data base isn't that smart either. Just a suggestion. But, from where I sit, she has it right...and you don't.
Oopss..big ooopss for you. You never know whose watching on these APC sites do you?
Oopss..big ooopss for you. You never know whose watching on these APC sites do you?
08-13-2010, 11:22 AM
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Actually no (I'll see if I can find my NWA history book "Flying to the Top" for a ref if you really care
). But Northwest Orient was a marketing slogan painted on the sides of the jets (like the NWA.com paint job before the merger).
Fly Delta Jets!!
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). But Northwest Orient was a marketing slogan painted on the sides of the jets (like the NWA.com paint job before the merger). Fly Delta Jets!!
Ferd
08-13-2010, 12:13 PM
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08-13-2010, 12:37 PM
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I had heard that Northwest owned the rights to the name "United States Airlines" and once contemplated making that their name. Then along came "United Airlines" and that would have been ... well ... just downright confusing as hell.
08-13-2010, 12:52 PM
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Every time I taxi past that hangar in ATL I can't help from chuckling. It's so retro - it's great!
Nowadays, it would be like advertising for a TV program and hyping the fact that it will be "... in living color!" Or, a major motion picture " ... with surround sound!"
Someday, our children will tell their children, "They used to advertise TV programs that were in HD, like that was something special."
Of course, by that time, people will be getting Netflix implants and they can watch any movie they want just by thinking about it.
Nowadays, it would be like advertising for a TV program and hyping the fact that it will be "... in living color!" Or, a major motion picture " ... with surround sound!"
Someday, our children will tell their children, "They used to advertise TV programs that were in HD, like that was something special."
Of course, by that time, people will be getting Netflix implants and they can watch any movie they want just by thinking about it.
08-13-2010, 12:55 PM
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08-13-2010, 01:05 PM
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Personally I do make choices based on aircraft, but hardly for the reasons WSJ suggests, or even yours.
My choices depends mainly of upgrade possibilities, but even then I select.
I would rather be in first on a 757 than a 767, conversely I would rather be in coach in a 767 than 757 (coach seats are wider).
When I look at the seat maps between A319/20 vs 737 I will take the A3xx if row 5 or exit is open, otherwise 737.
I will pick a plane with two cabins over one.
Obviously timing is the biggest issue, but with options to connect in any of (up to) 4 airports with little difference; options are open.
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