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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by BeetleB on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:44AM (#13310414)
>Shopping for tickets. Checking in. Security. Waiting. Boarding the plane and fighting for overhead bin space. Seat dimensions. Lavatories. Literally everything is terrible.

I've been flying for over 30 years.

Shopping for tickets is easier. Before you had to go to a travel agency or wait in line at the airport. Now you just buy online.

Checking in has gotten a lot better. The last so many times I flew, I did not even have a wait. Go to the kiosk, get your tickets, and not even a wait to go to a person and have them checked in.

Fighting for overhead bin space is the same. Seat dimensions are roughly the same. Lavatories are the same.

Only security lines has gotten worse.

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Re:Basic Economy Fares Don't Lower Ticket Prices, They Incre... by rconti on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @11:53AM (#13310488)
Seat width is shrinking. Legroom is shrinking.

Fighting for overhead space is indisputably worse since airlines mostly abandoned free checked bags.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/29/travel/shrinking-airline-s...

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