$10 Airplane Tickets Soon to be Industry Standard?
 

http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/25/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes


This is crazy if this gets off the ground....

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i think is where their downfall will be:

"It keeps costs down by only taking reservations over the Internet and not staffing a call center."

Basing things solely on the internet with zero customer service will be a problem. And anyone who does business with a company will demand a contact number just in case of mix ups.

did u read the article?

only 10 seats per flight at 10.00

agreed

i would fly an airline that I cant call incase of emergency or change of flight times or yada yada.

yeah...wonder how they decide who gets those 10 seats? FIFO basis?

same way other carriers sell different fare classes on their plane

first come, dates travel, overnight stays ect ect

hrmm looks pretty interesting
lets see how this plays out

Amazing, and airlines are always crying about money.

very interesting.

I hope this works out and they expand it further.

the one thing u guys are missing is the fact that it will be almost impossible to get a ticket at the 10.00 fare. Tghe avg plane on those routs has 150+ seats.

this is nothing different used car dealers advertising the 199.00 specials they have on the lot only to get there and find out the lowest price car on the lot is 5k

or Kmart or walmart advertising xmas specials for some thing at like 5.00 but in the fine print it says (one 1 avail at this price)

i agree with that. it clearly states that the fare is 10.00 but when you factor in bag checking and "upgraded" seating (which i guess is done at the terminal - not a good idea), a person will end up spending close to 200-300 after all is said and done.

in an alternate universe this is a great idea. in the reality of this world it will be a travel nightmare which they will have to address immediately after someone logs a complaint because there WILL be far more than one.

www.skybus.com is the link to their site

Only hackers and terrorist will be able to get the seats.

and those carrying knives

wow that's nice!
not convenient for me, but none the less, that's cool.

How about $10 salaries for the loser ceo's that can't flip the industry out of the red.

what would be funny is if they charge $10 one way...full price plus more going back.. lol

I wonder if there are a couple cross sales included in that price ;-)

Too bad you can only go to OH.

yeah...OH sucks @$$....

LOL i checked flight from Ft Lauderdale to Columbus for the next 5 months and not ONE 10.00 fare

as i called in the beginning BULLSHIT!

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not to mention the design of their site looks a 6 year old did it and the navagation button are mouse over animated and all fucked up

yeah this instils a quality feeling for a plane I want to get on

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maybe they need some design work forest? *wink*

LOL they DEFINATLY need some design work. Wish i had a contact there

with 160m raised from investors you would think they would hav e a better front end

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hit them up on icq...haha

all they need are illegals to fly the planes and $10 would be the norm.

tool = you

Well we have these sort of deals in the UK but then they add on tax and a "fuel charge" lol. That said if you know your going to travel a few months in advance you can save alot even with the hidden charges.

damn its only 10 seats

yup..only 10..haha..cheap bastards

Who cares, it was only $10. Just buy a new ticket?

well, it may be only ten, but if you book online early enough your guaranteed that 10 dollar ticket

Another budget carrier about to launch and trying to find an angle for PR attention?? :pimp

surprised more airlines haven't picked up on the advertising option before this

airplanes are FULL of prime advertising space, I would imagine it could make up for a lot of debt if they sold ads on the backs of seats

jace...always thinking like an adult webmaster...hehe

Then require customers to give their credit card number before talking to customer service. Charge them for it.

People like me who NEVER call customer service shouldn't have to pay for it in the cost of the product or services.

yup

I NEVER use customer service

I think I have called maybe 1-2 customer service departments in the last year