Re:Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes
by paulmd on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @12:57PM
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I strongly doubt the overwhelming majority of consumers are going to cross reference booking details against an external site to avoid a specific plane unless there are planes falling out of the air on a daily basis. People may say they will, but in practice they'll look up the cheapest flight and book that, as usual.
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Re:Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes
by nickserv on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @01:43PM
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Depends on how prominently the information is displayed, and the price difference.
If I can see the plane type in the list of available flights, and the difference is $15 on a $250 ticket I would choose the non Max flight, all else being equal.
Re:Boeing has temporarily stopped making 737 Max airplanes
by paulmd on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:47PM
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Fair, and someone mentioned that Kayak does display that, but I think you will probably have to move to a different airline to get a different aircraft type (airlines use one common type for most flights on a given route) and the price differences are often steep and/or there are other sacrifices to be made (frequent flyer miles, more expensive bag checkins, etc).