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In defense of Tiger their free seat offering, Its not misleading.
But the sting of $20 more for baggage probably causes some abandonment.
People complain of the Melbourne morning flight to Canberra - which I think got ditched, substituting a late evening flight of Canberra - which is a much smarter move.
Their main problem is stupidity - Dynamic pricing, like Amex exchange rates, would be better than the lame model, that caused me to book internationally with others - yet last year, Tigers pricing seemed better - and logical. Now SGN-SIN dropped from 50 dollars to 0 dollars+taxs - I'm glad I did not book with them and now wary.
There is nothing in the rulebook that says you cannot theme bookings, like running a $66 sale concurrently, or a $99 Business tickets - all concurrently with different conditions. The $99 one would say, include if you miss the flight, we will look after you on the next flight, free luggage, and one free drink - aimed at public servants, who know Qantas does this - and has a lounge - and without huge advance check in times. They need to narrow that divide.
If they can throw in (limited) Taxi/Cabcharge/Airport Express tickets in the deal, to make it a one stop outlay - that may work. Say $199 Tiger VIP vouchers, all in. (and a free $20 credit voucher for those checked in > 1 hour before) if on the fat cat fare.
There are lots of gimmicks to be tried. As they have not tried them, they must be doing ok, or not understand the market.
I found a bug though, when booking over a midnight boundary, free showed 0.00 ! But the Credit Card page was in a bind, saying I don't need to enter details, then saying the fields were not filled in. I'll withhold details of that one. But when I back tracked, and went forward again, the right price was inserted - boo hiss. Have to try other options.
But the sting of $20 more for baggage probably causes some abandonment.
People complain of the Melbourne morning flight to Canberra - which I think got ditched, substituting a late evening flight of Canberra - which is a much smarter move.
Their main problem is stupidity - Dynamic pricing, like Amex exchange rates, would be better than the lame model, that caused me to book internationally with others - yet last year, Tigers pricing seemed better - and logical. Now SGN-SIN dropped from 50 dollars to 0 dollars+taxs - I'm glad I did not book with them and now wary.
There is nothing in the rulebook that says you cannot theme bookings, like running a $66 sale concurrently, or a $99 Business tickets - all concurrently with different conditions. The $99 one would say, include if you miss the flight, we will look after you on the next flight, free luggage, and one free drink - aimed at public servants, who know Qantas does this - and has a lounge - and without huge advance check in times. They need to narrow that divide.
If they can throw in (limited) Taxi/Cabcharge/Airport Express tickets in the deal, to make it a one stop outlay - that may work. Say $199 Tiger VIP vouchers, all in. (and a free $20 credit voucher for those checked in > 1 hour before) if on the fat cat fare.
There are lots of gimmicks to be tried. As they have not tried them, they must be doing ok, or not understand the market.
I found a bug though, when booking over a midnight boundary, free showed 0.00 ! But the Credit Card page was in a bind, saying I don't need to enter details, then saying the fields were not filled in. I'll withhold details of that one. But when I back tracked, and went forward again, the right price was inserted - boo hiss. Have to try other options.
