airline comparison a poor one

[Sroundtable@aol.com]

In a message dated 02/26/2002 4:14:13 PM Central Standard Time, 
TheWho-Digest-Owner@igtc.com writes:


> "As for the brokers argument, can't it be compared somewhat to airline
> tickets? If you buy them ahead of time before the rush you'll save, but if 
> you need to hop on a flight 5 minutes before it takes off you either catch 
> the next flight or spend 100's more on the same ticket."
> 
> This is an excellent comparison - certainly better than the face punching 
> one.  Airline tickets are a great comparison to concert tickets because 
> they 
> are admission to an scheduled event (a flight).
> 

This is NOT a good comparison.  Private individuals aren't buying up airline 
tickets before those who really want to fly want them, then marking them up 
to make a profit.  Airlines just want to encourage people to buy tickets 
early so they can plan flight schedules and have guranteed fares, rather than 
having to rely on late fares in which flights may have 10 people on them and 
the airline flight costs are more than what people paid.  Is not a fair 
comparison, at all.  The airlines aren't keeping people who want to buy 1st 
class seats early from doing so as if some douchebag has camped outside the 
ticket counter and bought them all up with no intention of using any of them.

Kevin Mc