Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Increase Ticket Prices

Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by tptacek on Monday January 02, 2017 @11:59PM (#13306854)

All the companies I've worked for have had travel policies where more than N hours airborne meant an automatic upgrade. I don't know how normal it is, but it's not crazy.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by hueving on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @04:12AM (#13307903)

Not normal. A typical bay to Asia business class ticket I see is $6k+. At most conferences small talk is around your travel there and everyone else I've talked to from US companies that was a software engineer was lucky to get a bump to economy plus.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by kasey_junk on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @08:13AM (#13308846)

I've never worked for a company without this kind of policy. I have worked for companies with strict travel restrictions.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by overcast on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @01:15PM (#13311393)

That's fine, and the company I work for has a similar policy, it actually used to be based on just how long a single flight is. Today, you'll get that if you're an executive with serious flight time. With that said, OP did not mention a company shelling out for this, only that the were a software engineer. Which is nonsense.

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