Comments on: JetBlue Using eBay in Attempt to Boost Sluggish Sales http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/09/08/jetblue-using-ebay-in-attempt-to-boost-sluggish-sales/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:32:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: sheiky http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/09/08/jetblue-using-ebay-in-attempt-to-boost-sluggish-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-273314 sheiky Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:59:10 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/?p=5066#comment-273314 They are back now. They are back now.

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]]> By: Bill http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/09/08/jetblue-using-ebay-in-attempt-to-boost-sluggish-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-273009 Bill Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:23:57 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/?p=5066#comment-273009 I thought it would be fun to find out where the "mystery package" destinations were located. Not too difficult considering they give you the departure city and times! I only took time to check the highest bid package. Looks like a trip valued at around $2,500 from JFK to Aruba is currently bid at $3,350! An $850 or 34% premium. I thought it would be fun to find out where the “mystery package” destinations were located. Not too difficult considering they give you the departure city and times! I only took time to check the highest bid package. Looks like a trip valued at around $2,500 from JFK to Aruba is currently bid at $3,350! An $850 or 34% premium.

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]]> By: MadMike http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/09/08/jetblue-using-ebay-in-attempt-to-boost-sluggish-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-272923 MadMike Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:51:18 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/?p=5066#comment-272923 The problem with airlines is that they nickle and dime us they offer tickets across the country for $100 but charge $800 for a flight from Virginia to Philadelphia and a flight that uses the same $800 flight as a single leg and then continues elsewhere only costs $120. Standardize pricing. If it costs the airline $100 to fly you from New York to Chicago, they should charge $125 and that's it. That's a nice 25% profit margin. Give first class a $100 premium over that and that's a 125% profit margin. That and stop overbooking. You have say 100 seats on the plane, sell 100 tickets. That way you don't have to keep giving away upgrades and free flights. Now I understand they have variances, if they can't fill a plane. But if they gave us reasonable prices, they would fill the planes. The problem with airlines is that they nickle and dime us they offer tickets across the country for $100 but charge $800 for a flight from Virginia to Philadelphia and a flight that uses the same $800 flight as a single leg and then continues elsewhere only costs $120.

Standardize pricing. If it costs the airline $100 to fly you from New York to Chicago, they should charge $125 and that’s it. That’s a nice 25% profit margin. Give first class a $100 premium over that and that’s a 125% profit margin.

That and stop overbooking. You have say 100 seats on the plane, sell 100 tickets. That way you don’t have to keep giving away upgrades and free flights.

Now I understand they have variances, if they can’t fill a plane. But if they gave us reasonable prices, they would fill the planes.

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]]> By: sheiky http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/09/08/jetblue-using-ebay-in-attempt-to-boost-sluggish-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-272919 sheiky Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:41:13 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/?p=5066#comment-272919 They have all been pulled. They have all been pulled.

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