Uber Is Ripping Off Frequent Riders and Here’s How to Avoid It

Re:Uber Is Ripping Off Frequent Riders and Here’s How to Avo... by CaptainZapp on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:24AM (#16707281)

That's absolutely not logical.

With a lot of frequent flier miles you are very likely a status customer and airlines will bump those last and, depending on the status, will bump other low revenue passengers to make space for a high status customer.

I know a bit about aviation and if an airline really needs to involuntarily bump a passenger (which is quite rare) they will chose an infrequent flier with a cheap ticket.

Unless you can provide a source for your assessment I call bullshit.

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Re:Uber Is Ripping Off Frequent Riders and Here’s How to Avo... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:49AM (#16707502)

> airlines will bump...low revenue passengers

This is accurate per everyone I know at airlines. The reason is it’s trivial to shift one’s loyalty. If an airline goes to shit, I’ll switch from spending cash with them to burning down miles while I book work trips with someone else.

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