You’ve been calling us racketeers, but we’re unsure why. Let’s review: We begin (not gypping you) from the time you book your ticket online (Online because you get charged for buying it over the phone.). Would you like to pick your seat, we ask. If yes, prepare to fork over a fee. If not, prepare to sit wherever we choose to seat you. If we do, that is. Sometimes we’ll choose to put you on standby, but not all of us do that just yet, so let’s hold off on going into that. Next, do you have bags? We’ll be charging you another fee if you do. It’s true we began by charging you to check in a second bag (we’ve begun calling it an extra bag) but now it’s just any and every bag you check in. You see we’ve been using the cargo hold to store all that food we won’t be serving you. Though we do still serve you peanuts. Quite literally sometimes. And that rule applies to absolutely all flights – those that are about an hour long and others that keep you up in the air for over six hours. If it’s domestic, it comes free of food (and now, apparently drinks too). Naturally you can’t get your own drinks, until after security, where the options are so much more limited, but that’s just the way things are. We’re a competitive business and what with fuel prices being so high, we’re having a rough time staying afloat. It’s true fuel prices are now a lot lower than when we first began nickel and diming you, but we’ve enjoyed every minute of it, and would rather not stop.
Thanks for flying with us. We hope to see you again soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment