revenue dilution

UWCactus said:
So in a nutshell, many of these people could essentially pay another 75.00 for a confirmed seat, but choose flexiblity over confirmed.
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This is correct. I ticketed a Flexi the other day TPA-ANC and it was $460. I thought that was quite a bit for standby so I checked the same flights they ticketed for and it came out to $580 or so for confirmed. I asked them if they wanted to pay a little more to be confirmed and they said no. They didnt know exactly when they were going to be traveling and had just picked dates around when they were planning to fly, but might have to go earlier (they would have to buy a ticket then), so they did the Flexi.
In many of the markets with the current Buddy Pass system we have, you can get a confirmed seat for just a little over standby. I almost always check this out when someone is buying a Buddy Pass just so they know the alternatives, especially if its during a busy time or for an important event.
 
flyingcat said:
As stated in the hub:

Boarding Priorities

SA1 – Vacation pass electronically credited in travel profile. Allows employee and all accompanying family members one round trip per pass. 2 per year per active employee and 1 per year per retired employee.
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Flyingcat, I hate to disappoint you, but you do not get ANY positive space tickets as a benefit. This indicates that you get 2 SA1P vacation passes per year. This bumps your boarding prioirty up to the top of the SA list. It is NOT positive space. (haha, what LCC did you think you were working/merging with? HP gives nothing away haha)
 
PQAKnow-It-All said:
Flyingcat, I hate to disappoint you, but you do not get ANY positive space tickets as a benefit. This indicates that you get 2 SA1P vacation passes per year. This bumps your boarding prioirty up to the top of the SA list. It is NOT positive space. (haha, what LCC did you think you were working/merging with? HP gives nothing away haha)
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My mistake :oops:

Still it is better than nothing.
 
Yes, and your post is very misleading! :angry:

Again, Revenue dilution is only relative to Labor and non-labor employees. The execs get the perk regardless of revenue dilution...just because. :down:

EricLv2Fish said:
To my understanding the only non-rev personnel who could potentially cause a dilution in revenue are the executive non-revs who can bump paying passengers. That being said, the amount of them is relatively insignificant and how much that privelege is used is questionable.
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Eric,

Its used alot, (specifically fishing trips).
 
Revenue dilution refers to loss of revenue from when a person who would have paid "regular" price for a ticket, but instead travels on a guest pass, etc.

That's why non-dependent children don't get all the same benefits they used to. Even though they don't fly unless the seat is open at departure time, not offering them the benefit at all increases the chances that they will buy a revenue ticket.

I'd rather see the airline make more money than letting adult children of employees travel for free.
 
UWCactus said:
When they use the term "revenue dilution" they are referring to the flexi pass program that US West currently has. Under this program, US West employees are given up to 10 flexi passes per quarter, based on attendance. It takes 1 pass for a rt buddy pass (this is the revenue dilution, more later).
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The company saves more money through perfect attendance than the flexi-pass costs in so-called revenue dilution. Also the flexi-pass is more guaranteed revenue since the flexi-traveller will be more likely to go ahead and book the fare than to shop on travelocity for the lowest positive-space fare (which will be higher [maybe]and may or may not be on HP). So the company has chosen to not go with the bird in the hand (a space-available virtually zero-cost bird at that) and take their chances on the open market.

A short-sighted approach at best and somewhat vindictive at worst. The company should be looking for as many zero-cost perks to pass on to a de-moralized work force as possible.
 
PQAKnow-It-All said:
No worries, I wanted to make sure you knew that asap, rather than plan a trip only to find you can't go positive space.
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"ASAP" can mean as soon as possible (whenever you can get to it) or as soon as possible (right now). There are many words we use that we assume people know what we are talking about. Take for instance bi-weekly. Twice a week, or every two weeks is found as a definition for bi-weekly. Same goes for bi-monthly. Can make a big difference when scheduling meetings huh?

This is a good one for mechanics. The word "replaces" when using the IPC can mean two entirely different things. Part # B "replaces" Part # A. In Boeing manuals Part # B is the newer generation part but both A and B are generally interchangeable. In Airbus manuals Part # B "replaces" Part # A generally means B is the replacement part # and part # A is not to be a replacement for part B (not interchangeable). Go figure. Such a simple word as "replaces" can have two very different meanings!
 
ClearedToPush said:
I would think that revenue dilution would not only include the extra cost from carrying those non-rev passengers but includes the fact that those 5 non-rev passengers would have most likely purchased a "full-fare" ticket instead of the reduced rate/free ticket.
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I don't know about anyone else but if I resort to buying a ticket I buy on other airlines. I regard non rev travel(mine and family, buddy passes etc) and jumpseating as part of my ever dwindling pay package. Heck if I have to hand over hard er earned cash for a trip somewhere I sure as heck won't give it to the same crooks who took so much from US.

RF
Currently enjoying my soft landing in commuter land.
 
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