What Is Your Safety Worth?(Japan to L.A) Airlines Outrageous Price Gouging

[indimuse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GbRwLc2DU0&feature=feedu

...this is just ...Disgusting!

[NYC_SKP]

1. I love SwissAir, I really do, but not at $17,000

[godai]

2. I found $776 on Singapore Air, next week.

Sure, if you try to make any reservations for a flight today or tomorrow, the prices will be very high. Not sure that the prices he mentioned are earthquake inflated or just normal.

[itsrobert]

3. Yup, on the 15th

Found it.

[stockholmer]

4. I have seen last minute economy fares from Arlanda (Stockholm) to JFK for $5000 US in 2010

[Scuba]

5. Jackals feeding. Same with those buying up lumber futures. n/t

[pinkkillersheep]

6. Never waste a crisis.

Especially if you can make a buck off it.

[itsrobert]

7. Over $1000 to fly to Korea next week

that a lot for a short flight.

[itsrobert]

8. Best way to go would book two flights.

One to Hong Kong and another one from Hong Kong to LAX. That's if you can't get on the Sinapore Airline flight. The two different flights will cost you about $1500, plus time. This is if you need to get out this week.

[Gman]

9. Every disaster is a money making opportunity

and they take full advantage of it.

[peacetalksforall]

10. The low fares have always existed as round trips with many stipulations -.

especially advance purchase.

There are normal fares that are good for a year and their are special fares to fill seats that are usually empty.

The airlines can't change international fares that easily or quickly. The fare structure has been in existence for decades.

I think the guy should shut up about airlines gouging to take advantage of a disaster. They do a lot of crappy things, but I would bet that this isn't one of them.

There are international regulations about raising fares. I just don't believe anything nefarious going to take advantage of a disaster. Public relations is important. I would say the employee he spoke with didn't know how to explain the fares.

One way fares purchased for travel on any day at any time when a seat is available is the most expensive way to travel, but there might be last minute specials when the airline is trying to fill flights. It makes sense that they would exclude discount fares on the Japan US route at this time. I would guess that the same airlines being criticized for their fare structure might offer free air lifts if the entire country had to be air lifted out. Or they might loosen up their stipulations on the round trip fares. Traveling out of Japan presently is voluntary.

[marmar]

11. Disaster capitalism......

Naomi Klein is a poet and a prophet.