No I am not.
WalMart is just an example, because Airline people have a skewed notion of buying tickets to fly since we non-rev, or fly on another carrier via a pass... You may or may not shop at the place, but enough people do that WalMart has changed the landscape of American Retail. Other retailers have had to adapt or they have been eaten alive. You might not like WalMart, but it is the effect that WalMart created that had caused places like Target or Kohl's to succeed with slightly different business models while others have not.
This is the trend, and it is not a small trend, it is exactly where things are headed. If people need a better example, then use Hotels.com, where price is what ranks each hotel in a given location.
If two hotels are more or less the same quality level that you find acceptable, then you go with the one that is cheaper. If you happen to be a frequent traveller, you might consider which you can gain/use points at. But otherwise you could care less if it is a Best Western or a Holiday Inn
Not all customers are this way, but it is where the trend is heading, and Hotels have had to adjust to reflect thechanging market dynamic. Airlines are no different.
WalMart is just an example, because Airline people have a skewed notion of buying tickets to fly since we non-rev, or fly on another carrier via a pass... You may or may not shop at the place, but enough people do that WalMart has changed the landscape of American Retail. Other retailers have had to adapt or they have been eaten alive. You might not like WalMart, but it is the effect that WalMart created that had caused places like Target or Kohl's to succeed with slightly different business models while others have not.
This is the trend, and it is not a small trend, it is exactly where things are headed. If people need a better example, then use Hotels.com, where price is what ranks each hotel in a given location.
If two hotels are more or less the same quality level that you find acceptable, then you go with the one that is cheaper. If you happen to be a frequent traveller, you might consider which you can gain/use points at. But otherwise you could care less if it is a Best Western or a Holiday Inn
Not all customers are this way, but it is where the trend is heading, and Hotels have had to adjust to reflect thechanging market dynamic. Airlines are no different.
