Planes are three times faster, five times longer range and 95% cheaper per mile, in real terms, than those early days.
The consumer was given the choice and they chose this. Honestly, air travel is great.
Yes, capitalism sucks. I hate being nickle and dimed for hand luggage, lottery tickets, snacks, hidden booking fees and all that shit. Some gentle regulations would be really nice, just to curb the excess.
They were and still are given a choice. I can fly from London to New York on British Airways first class or Easyjet. Consumers consistently choose the cheapest headline price.
Yeah, generations of people hunting for a deal and these companies responding to demand with cheaper options. So capitalism maybe but more so human behavior.
Because you always buy the cheaper seats. It’s not your fault, I do the same. Flying was literally for the wealthiest of people at that point in history, it was literally a luxury to fly instead of taking a train, bus, or a boat.
That tray table is WAYYYYY too big and luxurious - they have shrunk legroom so dramatically now that you get a little sliver about the width of your shoe.
That cup is about double the size they give now.
You didn’t get to pick those pretzels, there was just the single “choice” now.
Also, you didn’t get to pick that seat and you had to have last minute anxiety that you wouldn’t even be assigned a seat by the gate agent at the airport (after already taking time off from work to travel and committing $100+ for uber or airport parking)
You also paid at least an extra $100 to have a carryon bag (more depending on your route) and even more for a checked bag.
your seatback no longer has a screen in it. You have to submit to letting airline gorge on your personal data by granting permissions to run entertainment from your own phone and drain your battery.
Also, though they removed screen and expect you to use your own device, no viable phone holder provided to put your phone in a proper viewing position, so you’ll crane and hurt your neck throughout flight.
Also, your base airline ticket is now more expensive than in the past baggie all these upcharges and compromises.
shitty rental car at your destination now costs $100/day and parking at your hotel is not free, and is in fact $30-$50 additional per night.
And your garbage hotel room costs 3X what it should.
The way they wrote this is so oddly worded… They want to report companies for fraud because the companies are asking them to pay for the services they’ve used? Is this person really implying that it’s somehow illegal for service providers to charge them?
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