Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
09-29-2010, 06:37 AM
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He's an ass. My wife likes to listen to him, so one day on the way to the gym, CH was relating a story about how he was checking in at a counter and his bag was overweight. He took some sweaters out and put them on had his bag reweighed... which then passed.. and somehow put those sweaters (or whatever) back in that very same bag. I have no idea how he persuaded the clerk to allow him to do this.. but he told this story on air.. in essence.. he stole from the airlines. I figured he was orgasmic when he heard about this. He has been hating on DAL for a long time.
09-29-2010, 06:41 AM
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09-29-2010, 06:45 AM
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You're taking Friday off, you live in SLC, you want to go to LAS leaving Thursday night and back by late Sunday night. $335 on DAL, $302 on SWA. Wow, they're going to kill us in SLC! 
Where is Slow, he had some numbers once on SLC with DAL vs SWA that was interesting. Slow?
Where is Slow, he had some numbers once on SLC with DAL vs SWA that was interesting. Slow?
Hey.. but with the typical Utah family.. 2+7 kids... that is a savings of $297..
Oh my heck!
(Not hatin' on the Mormons)
09-29-2010, 07:00 AM
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09-29-2010, 07:04 AM
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If you'll notice, they haven't offered those kinds of fares in a long time (at least not here in Florida). They know that they have the public brainwashed into believing that they are THE low fare airline.. Now it's all about the bags...
09-29-2010, 07:05 AM
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09-29-2010, 07:05 AM
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09-29-2010, 07:53 AM
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This post is in no way meant to prove you guys wrong, but only to show how Southwest Airlines marketing puts a "spin" on their fares.
As you'll see from their site, they're offering specific one-way fares now at $49-$109. (A vagrant can't even get a Greyhound ticket for that price.) The catch, and this is where their marketing department has done a great job of convincing the general public that they're the cheapest, is by offering a minimal amount of these fares, possibly only one $49 one-way fare from each base.
Southwest Airlines | Book Flights, Airline Tickets, Airfare (Site included for reference purposes, in no way intended to promote the competition.)
As you both have stated too, they're not always the cheapest, but "public perception" is over half the battle.
Fly safe,
GJ
09-29-2010, 07:58 AM
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09-29-2010, 08:16 AM
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Beer/Tsquare,
This post is in no way meant to prove you guys wrong, but only to show how Southwest Airlines marketing puts a "spin" on their fares.
As you'll see from their site, they're offering specific one-way fares now at $49-$109. (A vagrant can't even get a Greyhound ticket for that price.) The catch, and this is where their marketing department has done a great job of convincing the general public that they're the cheapest, is by offering a minimal amount of these fares, possibly only one $49 one-way fare from each base.
Southwest Airlines | Book Flights, Airline Tickets, Airfare (Site included for reference purposes, in no way intended to promote the competition.)
As you both have stated too, they're not always the cheapest, but "public perception" is over half the battle.
Fly safe,
GJ
This post is in no way meant to prove you guys wrong, but only to show how Southwest Airlines marketing puts a "spin" on their fares.
As you'll see from their site, they're offering specific one-way fares now at $49-$109. (A vagrant can't even get a Greyhound ticket for that price.) The catch, and this is where their marketing department has done a great job of convincing the general public that they're the cheapest, is by offering a minimal amount of these fares, possibly only one $49 one-way fare from each base.
Southwest Airlines | Book Flights, Airline Tickets, Airfare (Site included for reference purposes, in no way intended to promote the competition.)
As you both have stated too, they're not always the cheapest, but "public perception" is over half the battle.
Fly safe,
GJ
But I guess that since our load factors are running north of 80% that there is a big segment of the public that actually DOES shop ticket prices beyond the SWA website. I was looking up a flight today from MCO to PHL.. and SWA is TWICE as much as DAL. Bad thing is that you have to stop in ATL.. but I find it interesting that people will make 3 or 4 stops to go across country on SWA to save $20...
"DING.. you are now free to waste your time"
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