NW fare increases stay in place

[General Lee]

I saw the article in the Wall Street Journal online but could not copy it here. Would anyone with access please post it. It is good news because those fuel surcharges will probably stick, helping with the higher fuel costs. That could help a lot of us.



Bye Bye---General Lee

 

[Flechas]

I hope we all follow, good news!!

 

[h25b]

Well, that's not happening...

Two major carriers, United and US Airways were in the news yesterday lowering fairs. Sorry... I'm on the Corporate side, so I'm a paying passenger. I avoided Southwest for a while due to the hatred of being treated as cattle. Recently though I traveled on US Airways and was yelled at by one of the gate agents for actually having the need to know what time my flight was actually leaving. (Please keep in mind I was traveling on a $1000.00 last minute fare.)

Now I am back to riding on Southwest. Decided I would rather be treated like a cow than someone's abusive, crack-head, husband... I was (EMPHASIZE WAS) sympathetic to US's survival, now I just believe there is too much scar tissue for it to survive. If the customer service agents don't give a sh^t, why should I ???

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

Finally, someone who gets it...NWA. Increase fares instead of lowering them and taking more from the employees to make up the difference...

 

[canyonblue]

Finally, someone who gets it...NWA.

That has got to be sarcasm.

 

[ATR-DRIVR]

Canyon,
I was referring mainly to the legacy carriers and their penchant for lowering fares and when it does not work, coming to the employees for more cuts. I was not in any way slamming SWA or any of the others who have their ducks in a row with good business sense.

 

[canyonblue]

I did not take it as a slam at SWA, just thought with the fare history at NWA of NOT raising fares when others did, you were maybe being sarcastic about them "getting" it.

 

[boxjockey]

Yeah, as nearly every other airline has tried to raise fares in the last year, I believe this is the only time NWA has actually done it. I think CO tried about a dozen times last year, as well as the others, while NWA has tried to bleed everyone else because of their cash position.


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[labbats]

Canyon,
I was referring mainly to the legacy carriers and their penchant for lowering fares and when it does not work, coming to the employees for more cuts. I was not in any way slamming SWA or any of the others who have their ducks in a row with good business sense.

My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery.

My mother was a 15 year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet.

My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims, like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy - the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.

My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring, we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent, I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds. Pretty standard, really.

 

[dbrownie]

Finally, someone who gets it...NWA. Increase fares instead of lowering them and taking more from the employees to make up the difference...

We are always late to the party. Some where in the frozen tundra some
icehead says "do you think we should raise fares?" Yea let's try that!

They still want more from the employees however.

Dave B

 

[Daddy]

labbats...

It's killing me...what movie is that from????

 

[Daddy]

Austin Powers?

 

[labbats]

Yes. The first one. When he's in the therapy group with his son.