$1,000 R/t Lga-clt In Economy!

[LongIsland2004]

Requested Flight
Itinerary Total - US$ 994.20 Flight Fare Rules 1 adult at US$ 994.20
5:45am Depart New York, NY (LGA)
7:30am Arrive Charlotte, NC (CLT) Jul. 12

US Airways flight 805 View rules
8:15am Depart Charlotte, NC (CLT)
10:06am Arrive New York, NY (LGA) Jul. 15
US Airways flight 766

 

[Tiger]

Delta Airline.

Departure: New York-La Guardia, NY to Charlotte, NC on Friday, 16 Apr 2004
Return: Charlotte, NC to New York-La Guardia, NY on Sunday, 18 Apr 2004


Itinerary 1 Price per passenger: $1,055.40 (USD)
Select Carrier
Flight # Cabin &
Class Departs Arrives Stops View
Seats
From Time/Date To Time/Date
Delta 724 Coach (Y) LGA 6:00am
16 Apr 2004 CVG 8:06am
16 Apr 2004 0
Delta 5745 * Coach (Y) CVG 8:50am
16 Apr 2004 CLT 10:08am
16 Apr 2004 0
Delta 614 Coach (M) CLT 10:25am
18 Apr 2004 ATL 11:44am
18 Apr 2004 0
Delta 828 Coach (M) ATL 12:30pm
18 Apr 2004 LGA 2:40pm
18 Apr 2004 0


What is your point ?

 

[Bradly71]

Now.... there were other options

8:59am
New York-LaGuardia, NY
(LGA) 12:57pm
Charlotte, NC
(CLT)
Flight 3043 operated by US AIRWAYS EXPRESS-CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES / 897
1 Stop
Change planes in Greensboro/Highpoint, NC (GSO)
Travel Time: 3hrs 58min Roundtrip From
$358

12:45pm
New York-LaGuardia, NY
(LGA) 4:57pm
Charlotte, NC
(CLT)
Flight 3095 operated by US AIRWAYS EXPRESS-CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES / 1203
1 Stop
Change planes in Greensboro/Highpoint, NC (GSO)
Travel Time: 4hrs 12min Roundtrip From
$358

3:05pm
New York-LaGuardia, NY
(LGA) 7:20pm
Charlotte, NC
(CLT)
Flight 3182 operated by US AIRWAYS EXPRESS-CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES / 4343 operated by US AIRWAYS EXPRESS-PIEDMONT AIRLINES
1 Stop
Change planes in Greensboro/Highpoint, NC (GSO)
Travel Time: 4hrs 15min Roundtrip From

 

[Fly]

Wow! But I went to Orbitz and that is the going price. Now if you want to go LGA/CLT with a connection in ORD :blink: you can fly on ATA for $565. Phew. Otherwise...non stop is $1000.





ADDED NOTE: OK,..as I was posting, so was the above. I guess this sums up why the majors are in so much trouble, huh? But what is the above airline if they left in the morning. Obviously, the price is going to be different, right? His flight leaves very early (ie businessman flight) vs 12:45 in the afternoon.

 

[El Gato]

Requested Flight
Itinerary Total - US$ 994.20 Flight Fare Rules 1 adult at US$ 994.20
5:45am Depart New York, NY (LGA)
7:30am Arrive Charlotte, NC (CLT) Jul. 12

US Airways flight 805 View rules
8:15am Depart Charlotte, NC (CLT)
10:06am Arrive New York, NY (LGA) Jul. 15
US Airways flight 766

Hey man, somebody has GOT to pay the salaries of folks like 700UW, PitBull, and OldGUYPA so they can b*tch and moan, treat you with some of that "cool northern hospitality", and raise high their communist banners.

"What's that? You don't LIKE paying $994.20 for a measly 1:30 hr plane ride? Oh, but I think you better go fly Southwest or JetBlue.....why we don't WANT folks like you on our "carrier of choice" service! Yes, go and sit with all the great unwashed masses there! We are too GOOD for you, we are too VALUABLE for such a lowly soul as yourself!"

They won't be happy until they have killed US Airways, and start to try to take the unionista attitude to other airlines to kill them as well.


/sarcasm extreme/

 

[cavalier]

Hey man, somebody has GOT to pay the salaries of folks like 700UW, PitBull, and OldFartinPA so they can b*tch and moan, treat you with some of that "cool northern hospitality", and raise high their communist banners.

"What's that? You don't LIKE paying $994.20 for a measly 1:30 hr plane ride? Oh, but I think you better go fly Southwest or JetBlue.....why we don't WANT folks like you on our "carrier of choice" service! Yes, go and sit with all the great unwashed masses there! We are too GOOD for you, we are too VALUABLE for such a lowly soul as yourself!"

They won't be happy until they have killed US Airways, and start to try to take the unionista attitude to other airlines to kill them as well.


/sarcasm extreme/

Don't forget to include me, you pathtic wack job.

 

[Fly]

Tell us how you really feel

 

[El Gato]

Don't forget to include me, you pathtic wack job.

Greetings, comrade!

 

[700UW]

US employees are the lowest paid in the industry, WN is the highest and they make money!

Maybe the fairs are so high because they paid Dave $4 million to drive this company into the ground, reward mssrs wolf, gangwal and nagin with $35 million for doing the same and now dr bonehead wants to pay dave $11 million.

And I have taken a 12% paycut, gave back one week of vacation, two sick days and two holiday, paying 17% for my medical and taken an additional paycut by being forced to work in a lower classification.

Maybe you need to get some facts before you try and personal attack people, really makes you look like a fool.

 

[TomBascom]

US employees are the lowest paid in the industry, WN is the highest and they make money!

Maybe the fairs are so high because they paid Dave $4 million to drive this company into the ground, reward mssrs wolf, gangwal and nagin with $35 million for doing the same and now dr bonehead wants to pay dave $11 million.

And I have taken a 12% paycut, gave back one week of vacation, two sick days and two holiday, paying 17% for my medical and taken an additional paycut by being forced to work in a lower classification.

Maybe you need to get some facts before you try and personal attack people, really makes you look like a fool.

Or maybe Dave's pay is a little tiny drop in the bucket and the real problem is productivity.

An impolite way to put it would be that LCC employees hustle and get the job done all day long while employees at legacy carriers have their thumbs somewhere for 6 hours out of 8.

It's ugly, I doubt that it's 100% accurate and that doesn't necessarily mean that it's the workers' fault but it sure is one way to read between the lines when management says that labor costs are too high.

 

[700UW]

An impolite way to put it would be that LCC employees hustle and get the job done all day long while employees at legacy carriers have their thumbs somewhere for 6 hours out of 8.

It's ugly, I doubt that it's 100% accurate and that doesn't necessarily mean that it's the workers' fault but it sure is one way to read between the lines when management says that labor costs are too high.

I dont know where you are looking at but at my station you have 40+ flights on the ground at the same time, so there is not sitting around with there thumbs up where the sun does not shine.

I invite you to work along side with me or any of my co-workers and see what working in a hub is like. You go from gate to gate to gate, from plane to plane to plane.

 

[Art at ISP]

Requested Flight
Itinerary Total - US$ 994.20 Flight Fare Rules 1 adult at US$ 994.20
5:45am Depart New York, NY (LGA)
7:30am Arrive Charlotte, NC (CLT) Jul. 12

US Airways flight 805 View rules
8:15am Depart Charlotte, NC (CLT)
10:06am Arrive New York, NY (LGA) Jul. 15
US Airways flight 766

This is a perfect example of what I have been saying all along--there is no reason for such gouging. It is ridiculous.

For the record, I probably have not helped the situation because I have paid this fare before, but I had to be there at a certain time with no time to pre plan. I have also taken the connections because they are 1/3 the price. This is what makes no sense.

From a cost perspective--it's about 530 miles LGA-CLT. at 10 cents a seat mile CASM it costs $53.00 to transport one passenger that distance. I am sure there are or will be $99 fares in the market (or not since there's no competition per se).
If you start at $99 each way (for maybe 10 seats), you have a gross profit of about 50% (doubled your money). If you capped it at let's say $199 or even $249 for a walkup, your margins would still be outstanding. What's more you would see more fares sold in the higher range, meaning the AVERAGE comes up. If you do this systemwide, you will see that the AVERAGE RASM will grow, therefore you make MORE money.

AS did it and they make money. Airtran did it and they make money. HP did it and they make money (or close to it).

Ironically, the UA code share in the same class of service is $200 less!!!!

It has been admitted previously that if the bottom of the fare bucket could be raised by $20 the top could be lowered by $300. So why has it not been done?

I sound like a broken record, but US has the best employees in the business. While the leisure travelers are bargain hunting, I truly believe that MOST (not all but MOST) business travelers would be willing to pay a REASONABLE premium to fly US. The key is you have to offer more--you can't shrink to profitability.

My best to you all............

 

[PITbull]

Hey man, somebody has GOT to pay the salaries of folks like 700UW, PitBull, and OldGUYPA so they can b*tch and moan, treat you with some of that "cool northern hospitality", and raise high their communist banners.

"What's that? You don't LIKE paying $994.20 for a measly 1:30 hr plane ride? Oh, but I think you better go fly Southwest or JetBlue.....why we don't WANT folks like you on our "carrier of choice" service! Yes, go and sit with all the great unwashed masses there! We are too GOOD for you, we are too VALUABLE for such a lowly soul as yourself!"

They won't be happy until they have killed US Airways, and start to try to take the unionista attitude to other airlines to kill them as well.


/sarcasm extreme/

No. Passengers will pay higher to compensate for "layers and layers of management", along with Higher than normal compensation packages for senior execs.

Hey, back at ya, and have a nice night!

 

[USFlyer]

Requested Flight
Itinerary Total - US$ 994.20 Flight Fare Rules 1 adult at US$ 994.20
5:45am Depart New York, NY (LGA)
7:30am Arrive Charlotte, NC (CLT) Jul. 12

US Airways flight 805 View rules
8:15am Depart Charlotte, NC (CLT)
10:06am Arrive New York, NY (LGA) Jul. 15
US Airways flight 766

FYI - I priced this itinerary with our corporate discount and got $658.20.

 

[Art at ISP]

That's a pretty big corporate discount US Flyer--but most of us are not eligible.

I am the only FF at my company based on the east coast so I am the only one frequenting US. I doubt they would give us the discount but would welcome it.