| ▲ | wat10000 5 hours ago |
| But also remember that airline customers also opt for the more cramped and cheaper variants. |
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| ▲ | bluGill 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I long ago swore to pay for economy plus. It isn't much more and the space is nice. Enough people do that they still offer the this service |
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| ▲ | gib444 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| But also remember they do that because their employer has opted to pay them as little as possible How far do you want to take this? :) |
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| ▲ | wat10000 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The thing is, this is far from universal. People don't buy a substantially worse smartphone or car to save $5. But they'll accept a substantially worse product to save $5 on airline tickets. | | |
| ▲ | gib444 an hour ago | parent [-] | | Which two airlines have substantially different products for a $5 difference? If you didn't mean literally $5 perhaps you can give us some real examples of cost differences? Personally I find so little difference between airlines in economy these days. And Premium Economy is nowhere close to a '$5' difference long haul these days | | |
| ▲ | wat10000 an hour ago | parent [-] | | They don't, because competition erases those differences. It's a very competitive market. If people were willing to pay a little extra for a few more inches of seat pitch in economy, you'd have an airline that offered a few more inches of seat pitch in economy with slightly higher fares. |
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| ▲ | fragmede 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Well, we could always try communism just one more time. |
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