Nothing surprising; businesses only need to make a profit on all customers, so some can subsidize others. They can charge more for last-minute flights, or routes often traveled by people with more money. If they close this loophole, it will probably mean more expensive flights to boring cities, or stopovers in uninteresting cities.
American Airlines has said that when a customer doesn’t fly all of the segments on their itinerary, it can lead to operational problems with checked bags and prevent other customers from booking a seat when they might have an urgent need to travel.
The customer has the seat reserved, they're just not on that seat (they decided to let their invisible self ride instead). How can that be a problem for the airline?
Prairie 0 points 6 months ago
Nothing surprising; businesses only need to make a profit on all customers, so some can subsidize others. They can charge more for last-minute flights, or routes often traveled by people with more money. If they close this loophole, it will probably mean more expensive flights to boring cities, or stopovers in uninteresting cities.
The customer has the seat reserved, they're just not on that seat (they decided to let their invisible self ride instead). How can that be a problem for the airline?