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Air travel: Seating v Pricing

How much would you pay?

  • I'd pay more if it was <$50

    Votes: 5 38.5%

  • I'd pay more if it was between $50-100

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • I'd pay more if it was >$100

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • I'm as cheap as they come and like being a sardine

    Votes: 6 46.2%
  • Total voters
    13
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I just read an article about cramming more seats into commercial aircraft and I'm curious, how many of you would be willing to pay more for your ticket if you got a little more room? If you would pay more, then how much more?

For purposes of the poll let's suggest that you'd get an extra 6" of leg room and a few inches of width.
 
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I shouldn't have to pay more for human sized seating. They should be removing seats not adding them. Airlines seem to think the only people who travel by air are pygmy people.
 
Lutherf said:
I just read an article about cramming more seats into commercial aircraft and I'm curious, how many of you would be willing to pay more for your ticket if you got a little more room? If you would pay more, then how much more?

For purposes of the poll let's suggest that you'd get an extra 6" of leg room and a few inches of width.
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I am a REALLY cheap bastard when it comes to things like transportation. For shorter domestic flights I would never pay more for more luxury, but for one of those long Germany<=> US flights I'd pay a max of $50 for a significant upgrade. Needless to say, this has never been offered so my ass sits comfortably in coach.
 
I refuse to pay for services that are implied as incarnate.

They need to fit in more seats....that is their prerogative as mine is to find a different provider.

Free market economics.
 
Carjosse said:
I shouldn't have to pay more for human sized seating. They should be removing seats not adding them. Airlines seem to think the only people who travel by air are pygmy people.
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Personally, I'm with you philosophically but from a practical standpoint I know that the airlines need to make money so I don't mind paying a little more if I get a little more. For example, if I could fly from Tucson to NY for $400 in a sardine can of for $500 in some semblance of comfort I'd gladly pay the higher price.
 
Lutherf said:
Personally, I'm with you philosophically but from a practical standpoint I know that the airlines need to make money so I don't mind paying a little more if I get a little more. For example, if I could fly from Tucson to NY for $400 in a sardine can of for $500 in some semblance of comfort I'd gladly pay the higher price.
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Airlines don't make their money there though, they make it from baggage fees. I don't care if I pay an extra few bucks for luggage, just make the seats human sized, all of them.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
I am a REALLY cheap bastard when it comes to things like transportation. For shorter domestic flights I would never pay more for more luxury, but for one of those long Germany<=> US flights I'd pay a max of $50 for a significant upgrade. Needless to say, this has never been offered so my ass sits comfortably in coach.
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Yeah, if I'm flying up to Vegas (roughly an hour) I don't particularly care but if the flight is going to be 3+ hours it makes a difference and I'll gladly pay.
 
I have flown on Ryan Air, I was more than willing to pay a 10 Euro early boarding fee,
so I could sit in a row with more leg room.
The regular seats seemed tighter than the Southwest airlines 737 seats.
I have heard the Asian Version of the 737 has more rows.
 
longview said:
I have flown on Ryan Air, I was more than willing to pay a 10 Euro early boarding fee,
so I could sit in a row with more leg room.
The regular seats seemed tighter than the Southwest airlines 737 seats.
I have heard the Asian Version of the 737 has more rows.
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RyanAir is great. You can afford those high end 10 euro luxuries when your air fare was only 30 euro round trip!
 
RabidAlpaca said:
RyanAir is great. You can afford those high end 10 euro luxuries when your air fare was only 30 euro round trip!
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I have to agree. I am not sure how they can fly that cheap, but since most flights are just a few hours.
The expensive part is getting to Europe, not getting around Europe.
 
Lutherf said:
I just read an article about cramming more seats into commercial aircraft and I'm curious, how many of you would be willing to pay more for your ticket if you got a little more room? If you would pay more, then how much more?

For purposes of the poll let's suggest that you'd get an extra 6" of leg room and a few inches of width.
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I don't really see how that's going to work, since the average American is getting larger over time, not smaller. I might pay a little more (say an extra 10% of the ticket cost maybe) for a few more inches of seat width. I'm short enough that leg room doesn't really bother me.
 
I'd pay between $50 and $100 for any flight over five hours, but for five hours or less I know I'm going to sleep 90% of it so I'd rather hang on to the money.

Even if I had $100 million burning a hole in my pocket I'd NEVER pay the $4000 markup for 1st class.
 
Lutherf said:
I just read an article about cramming more seats into commercial aircraft and I'm curious, how many of you would be willing to pay more for your ticket if you got a little more room? If you would pay more, then how much more?

For purposes of the poll let's suggest that you'd get an extra 6" of leg room and a few inches of width.
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I worked in the airline biz for many years, and it is always the same. People want bigger seats, but when push comes to shove, they are unwilling to pay for it, and would rather buy the cheapest seat, and then bitch about it. Several airlines were started that offered bigger seats, or all first class (McClain, Air One, Legend, MGM Grand, Silverjet, Regent Air, Ultrair, etc)
 
soot said:
I'd pay between $50 and $100 for any flight over five hours, but for five hours or less I know I'm going to sleep 90% of it so I'd rather hang on to the money.

Even if I had $100 million burning a hole in my pocket I'd NEVER pay the $4000 markup for 1st class.
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I've paid the upgrade for a few domestic flights where it's $100 or so but I'm with you on the $4k and more for international flights. That being said I'd certainly pay an extra $200 or so for a little more space.
 
beefheart said:
I worked in the airline biz for many years, and it is always the same. People want bigger seats, but when push comes to shove, they are unwilling to pay for it, and would rather buy the cheapest seat, and then bitch about it. Several airlines were started that offered bigger seats, or all first class (McClain, Air One, Legend, MGM Grand, Silverjet, Regent Air, Ultrair, etc)
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I can see how that could happen. It's not such a big deal for one seat but when you're flying a family of 4 or 5 it adds up fast.

What happened to "Business Class"? That seemed like a good idea to me.
 
Lutherf said:
I can see how that could happen. It's not such a big deal for one seat but when you're flying a family of 4 or 5 it adds up fast.

What happened to "Business Class"? That seemed like a good idea to me.
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Corporate budgets.

I fly free with bags free, when I can get a seat, damned flights are full, at least they are this weekend... :(
 
If its a short flight like say 4 hours or less I go the cheapest possible- when Im at the counter I try to request an aisle seat near the emergency exit for more legroom since Im 6'3 but for long haul flights I bite the bullet and go business class, no way my back could stand a cramped seat for more than a few hours.
 
Carjosse said:
I shouldn't have to pay more for human sized seating. They should be removing seats not adding them. Airlines seem to think the only people who travel by air are pygmy people.
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Tough tootles. Everyone goes for the cheapest seat regardless of the quality of the travel experience. How do you expect airlines to make up for that?
 
Lutherf said:
I just read an article about cramming more seats into commercial aircraft and I'm curious, how many of you would be willing to pay more for your ticket if you got a little more room? If you would pay more, then how much more?

For purposes of the poll let's suggest that you'd get an extra 6" of leg room and a few inches of width.
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Depends on the length of the trip. Three time zones and I'd pay $100 for an upgrade. Across the atlantic and I'd do $150.
 
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Cardinal said:
Tough tootles. Everyone goes for the cheapest seat regardless of the quality of the travel experience. How do you expect airlines to make up for that?
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They could just provide sufficient leg room to all seats. I believe Thomas Cook does that by removing seats.
 
Carjosse said:
They could just provide sufficient leg room to all seats. I believe Thomas Cook does that by removing seats.
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1. more leg room, more money
2. less leg room, less money.

Pick one.
 
Lutherf said:
I just read an article about cramming more seats into commercial aircraft and I'm curious, how many of you would be willing to pay more for your ticket if you got a little more room? If you would pay more, then how much more?

For purposes of the poll let's suggest that you'd get an extra 6" of leg room and a few inches of width.
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Considering I am only 5 foot, leg room isn't of much importance to me so I wouldn't pay more for something that wouldn't really effect me.
 
I fly Allegiant quite a bit. The trip is only 1 hour 45 min but I would gladly pay an extra $50 each way for more comfort.
 
I wouldn't pay more for a slightly bigger seat. I would pay more for a sleeping capsule like in the fifth element for long flights.

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