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cgz: Airlines
I've been travelling a lot laterly. I fly with two airlines; one full-service and the other is 'budget' carrier. The flight is ~1.5 hours. I notice that :
both companies' plane are usually 70% to 80%
both companies' have about 10+ flights daily.
the full-service carrier offer free drink + peanuts
the budget carrier is about 30% cheaper
the budget carrier's ticket is slightly more flexible per fare class. (eg date/time/cancel/refund)
I don't see any other differences. Same custom service, leg room, seat width, check in / booking procedure, on-time departure rate, etc.
So my question is : why isn't the budget carrier 99% full, and the full-service one 50% full ?
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Parker: Hard to say
It's often difficult to comprehend human behavior.
Some possibilities:
Is the route popular with business travelers? Some airlines give price breaks to large corporate booking agents.
How do the frequent flyer programs compare? When I was doing a lot of flying, I tried to always use the same airlines in order to maximize my frequent flyer miles. Since my employer was picking up the tab, I wasn't too concerned about saving a few dollars on the fare.
Maybe those peanuts are really good. :-)
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Orson: Connections
One important thing is a possibility to make a further connections. You can only compare prices for direct flights, but, perhaps, you do not know how many of the passengers are on a single ticket, and how many have are continuing to somewhere else. For example, if you fly from city X to London by Ryanair, that's all you can do. If you fly the same route by British Airways, you can possibly make convenient connections to nearly all over the world. That makes a big difference.
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