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I think this is fair play, they can charge how they want (within reason) and it’s not too different than other bulk discounts. But someone should totally make
by paulgb 1y ago
I think this is fair play, they can charge how they want (within reason) and it’s not too different than other bulk discounts.
But someone should totally make a site for finding strangers to book the same flight with :)
- pinkmuffinere 1y agolol I love that concept! Replying here so that I’m reminded of the idea in case I get the time
- Arkhadia 1y ago[dead]
- paxys 1y agoAny amount of premium is worth not having a random stranger on your itinerary.
- guhidalg 1y agoDo they have to show up? What is the carrier policy on travelers that “miss their uber”?
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- lapetitejort 1y agoNo they don't, but they paid for a ticket, and any insurance amount is probably more than the discount of flying in a group.
- bobro 1y agoWhy?
- paxys 1y agoBecause they may change their plans. They could be a no-show (which will affect your return flight). They could call and change the flight without your knowledge. They could add extras to the trip and charge it to your card. People are flaky, and being on the same itinerary with the same PNR as someone else means your trip is in their hands.
- w29UiIm2Xz 1y agoSome sort of service that sat on top of bookings would have its own set of terms and conditions that you agree to, which would at least disincentivize them from acting against your interest.
- smeej 1y agoYou're going to end up sitting next to a stranger anyway if you're flying alone. Nobody says you have to become friends, but I wouldn't mind having in common with my seatmate that we're both the kind of people who don't take the standard option at face value.
- account42 1y agoIf anything, booking together with a stranger would allow you to leave an empty seat between you which is less likely to be filled than if you leave two empty seats next to you. And the service could even be set up to give you some choice over the stranger (at the expense of less matches) like setting a maximum weight.
- smeej 1y agoAny time I do select a seat in advance, I try to pick my window seat where someone already has the aisle one. It works surprisingly often to get an empty seat in the row!
- brailsafe 1y agoI've always thought there's a difference between who you book with and who's on your itinerary. Very rarely do I say I'm traveling with anyone unless we're staying in the same room. I guess these fares do specifically state that, but I have a very hard time imagining anyone at the gate would care, they're typically doing the bare minimum as they should.
- b112 1y agoHi it's John! Is that you, Steve?
- vladimirralev 1y agoA company can figure out the premium and just average it out across the pax who book thru them. Further they could risk-manage no-shows or other bad behaviour based on ratings and feedback. It's just wasting everybody's time to go thru intermediaries.
- xandrius 1y agoImagine realising that everyone on Earth you don't know is a random stranger with that mentality, even surrounding you on a non-private flight.
- 6stringmerc 1y agoRide-Along Roulette
- josephcsible 1y agoI can foresee that backfiring when you miss your connection and end up having to stay somewhere unexpected overnight, and then the airline will only pay for one room for both of you.
- mobilemidget 1y agoI personally think it's fair if they charge by weight. The post office does it, why not airlines?
- anal_reactor 1y agoMoral argument: it's a sexist strategy. Yet another situation where men pay more and get worse service. Economic argument: fat people are more likely to make use of on-board food service despite high markup, so you want as many of them as possible.
- spauldo 1y agoSpeaking as a fat person, air travel is horrible and I'll happily drive a couple thousand miles to avoid flying. On a flight to Greenland I spent six hours smashed up between the window and a stranger (constant, sweaty, skin-on-skin contact) because they put three fat guys right next to each other on a full flight. I'd rather have taken a couple months of vacation and ridden the icebreaker in.
- anal_reactor 1y agoFly business class next time.
- spauldo 1y agoNo business class on the Pituffik rotator. The only other option is flying through Copenhagen (good luck getting the company to pay for that) or sitting in a jump seat on a C130 with your shins against the cargo.
- 4gotunameagain 1y agoI mean, it is kind of optimal. Fat guys will experience constant, sweaty, skin-on-skin contact in a flight anyway, so placing them together reduces the total constant, sweaty, skin-on-skin contact experienced.
- akudha 1y agoThat would be a useful and funny site