webfact Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 "We're not fleecing customers - it's just market forces" say budget airlines Picture: Thairath BANGKOK: -- BANGKOK: -- Low cost airlines have responded to accusations that they are fleecing customers stranded because of the flooding situation in the south. Air Asia and Nok Air said that the rise in ticket prices is a natural result of market forces and supply and demand. The airlines were in agreement that people paying for tickets nearer departure dates were bound to pay more than those who booked in advance, reports Thairath. They said that the more customers they had the more they would charge. They said they had received no complaints from the public about their prices and there was no fleecing going on to take advantage of the situation. Furthermore, many people were going home after travel over the New Year period so it was an expensive time to travel, said the airlines. The price of a ticket from Trang to Bangkok ranged between 3,178 baht to 3,403 for today’s departures, said Thai Rath. while the same route was only 1,793 to 2,749 baht on the 13th of this month. Reporters said that some consumers had asked the government to look into the charges that the airlines were demanding. Source: Thairath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-01-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 The airlines were in agreement There you go then, they all agree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 ... and taking-advantage of customers would be un-Thai, wouldn't it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Market forces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 ..and the executivesalso have forgotten their raises as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoongJohn Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 "Market Forces" translation: We do it because we can get away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daboyz1 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Seems like simple supply and demand. The more demand and less supply, the higher the price. Sent from my SM-N910C using Thaivisa Connect mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 tickets are still dead cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 it is ok to let market forces control prices under normal circumstances but not during calamaties when humanity requires assistance and a helping hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 3 hours ago, ukrules said: There you go then, they all agree... sure they would agree. lines their pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Greedy, criminals basta***... Govt should investigate and fine them heavily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 8 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said: tickets are still dead cheap for the poor guy whose house is under water or the farmer whose crops have been washed away by floods? dead cheap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahibji Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, little mary sunshine said: Greedy, criminals basta***... Govt should investigate and fine them heavily i do not think they are doing anything illegal. but morally is it acceptable? definitely NOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Just checked Bangkok Air Samui-BKK tomorrow. Cheapest flight B4910, cheapest seat (promo ) on more desirable flights B8160, "Web Freedom" seats B12990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 21 minutes ago, sahibji said: it is ok to let market forces control prices under normal circumstances but not during calamaties when humanity requires assistance and a helping hand. Nonsense.. its this kind of socialist claptrap that results in not enough seats being available. free market force self corrects.. competition self corrects.. Both up and down.. I dont hear the consumer complaints when theres a 200b flight on offer with a mostly empty plane.. The best way to 'provide assistance and a helping hand' is to provide a service of value priced at what the market will pay.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daboyz1 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 it is ok to let market forces control prices under normal circumstances but not during calamaties when humanity requires assistance and a helping hand.I'd agree with that when it comes to basic human needs. Food, water, clothing, shelter etc. Airline tickets don't meet that criteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 5 minutes ago, daboyz1 said: I'd agree with that when it comes to basic human needs. Food, water, clothing, shelter etc. Airline tickets don't meet that criteria. Same with basic human needs, you want services to flow rapidly into an area, incentivize taking them there, as the incentives rise, more focus is applied until the problem solves itself. The surest way to create a shortage of something is to put a price cap on the free market. Voila, empty shelves and welcome to socialist utopia.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 26 minutes ago, nongkhaidude said: last week flew AirAsia from Phuket to Singapore we prebooked and paid for 50 kilos of luggage unfortanaly we were 10 kilos over and was charged 500 baht per kilo ! On top of that the checkin attenendent was so estattic about being able to fleece us that she forgot to give my wife and daughter the Imigration form so after standing in line for 45 minutes we had to get the forms and stand in line for another 45 minuets , Air Asia sucks I will never fly AirAsia again Try weighing your baggage before you go to the airport! I rather doubt that the check-in attendant was ecstatic at the extra work you had caused her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russius Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Fleecing customers is part of AirAsia's business plan. Next, they will charge for using the 'john'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captspectre Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 that's the way it is all over the world! if you purchase a ticket at the counter you will pay more! that's LIFE! if you use the internet and schedul a your trip in advance you will get a lower fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptoyoumyfriend Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 i fly to cambodia and back from chiang mai,usually for around 120$ rt ,these are promos,of course,but they cannot live on that. is there no ttrain service from the south? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk75 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 People seem to forget flying is a luxury. If you can't afford to fly take alternative transportation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDog2020 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 6 minutes ago, russius said: Fleecing customers is part of AirAsia's business plan. Next, they will charge for using the 'john'. If you don't like them the answer us crystal clear. Don't fly them. I have had great service flying them many times. I don't need the frills of Thai and Bangkok Airlines that come with the crazy high price. It's a low cost airline for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russius Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 It is treated as a luxury, when it is really a service licensed by the government by giving an airline a monopoly on routes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Quote Air Asia and Nok Air said that the rise in ticket prices is a natural result of market forces Nature has nothing to do with market forces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Try walking up to the BA desk in Heathrow and asking them how much they want for a ticket to anywhere on the day you want to fly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickmouse1 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 It is not market gorces but Air Asia and Nok Air are indeed taking advantage and exploiting the opportunity capitalising on passengers misery. Recently I was badly treated by nok air for having 16.3kg and no hand luggage. I informed them that I am quite sick with high fever and extremely weak they refused and insisted that I carry some on board.My ticket from Krabi to Bkk was 2000 baht while Smile air from Suvarmbhumi cost me 1287 only. Air asia on many occasions were found to be more expensive than scheduled airlines . just check around before buying your ticket.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustdevil Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Well, look--market forces dictate the prices of the airline execs' vacation homes in the south of France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker9000 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) 30 minutes ago, daboyz1 said: I'd agree with that when it comes to basic human needs. Food, water, clothing, shelter etc. Airline tickets don't meet that criteria. Yes, they absolutely do, just not within the same timeframe. Market forces governing supply & demand of "human needs" operate over a far shorter timespan than airline ticketing and operations. An airline might want to add flights in a time of unexpected demand (which would include emergency scenarios), because there are profits to be made there, but it can't just put new aircraft, new crews and new flights online overnight. Over time, if an airline was overcharging competition would eventually enter the market to re-establish a new equilibrium point (if not prevented by govt over-regulation, that is...). Now budget airlines are the answer and the alternative to full-price airlines in the first place. They live for and survive by being agile enough to exploit short-term opportunities. If you arbitrarily and continually bar them from these opportunities, they'll eventually just go out of business, and consumers will be left with the full-price oligopolies. So pick your poison, but don't go spouting off about how airlines are somehow an exception to the laws of supply and demand. Edited January 10, 2017 by hawker9000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daboyz1 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Spouting off. Another TVF *** Now I remember why I don't spend much time here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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