Re: Impulse Fare to Melbourne for $33.00

["Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com>]

Ashley Wright <ajwright@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message 3997a23d.111742043@news.ozemail.com.au">news:3997a23d.111742043@news.ozemail.com.au...
> Mathew Klock <klocm@stbedes.melb.catholic.edu.au> wrote

>> I was told the other day that the airlines
>> can't go lower than $20 one way per ticket..

> They could go as low as they wanted to,
> they aren't making anything on $33 anyway.

You dont know that with seats that would otherwise fly empty.

> As has been said before these seats are not on every flight
> and are limited in availability, meaning that some people are
> paying the full fare. The cheapies are just filling up what
> would have been empty seats, at very little extra costs.

Precisely, so your claim that they cant make money at $33 is wrong.
They can as long as those seats would otherwise fly empty.

>  Secondly I would think the whole idea is to get
> people flying with them and hope they like it they
> will come back next time (at the higher fare).

Maybe. 4

> Interesting question for the bush laywers, is
> this a form of predatory pricing? Could QANTAS
> or Ansett have a case for complaint with the ACCC?

Corse not.