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Are we the baddies?

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ggm ◴[] No.44478235[source]
For some people, paying the premium to jump the queue is the point. What they didn't forsee is what happens when everyone has wound up paying the premium, and the queue is now with you again. This is mostly Australian frequent flyers, when it was a high barrier to entry it conferred advantages and now Fly in Fly out work has commoditised club status, there is next to no boarding advantage, and no points flight availability.

So yes. Status seeking, and differential price seeking probably is a-social as a pattern when it's weaponised against the consumer.

That said, I hated Uber, they actually offered to underwrite people breaking the law to get foot in the door (how that didn't get them excluded as a corporate scofflaw is beyond me) and they continue to export all the profits offshore, but taxi services had become shit and now we have got used to Uber and I just don't worry about surge pricing. I got boiled slowly.

My fellow Australians all feel a bit shit about the introduction of tipping in paywave and food service. That's unaustralian. We have legally enforced minimum wages and penalty rates. Turn that feature off.

The European push to mandate included luggage in flight is seeing a fair bit of trolling. So there are still true believers who think needing clean underwear is weak.

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throw393949 ◴[] No.44478436[source]
> who think needing clean underwear is weak.

Washing clothes was discovered several thousands years ago.

And boarding plane is much faster. I really do not want to pay for your luggage!

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1. digitalPhonix ◴[] No.44478492[source]
Boarding the plane would be much faster if everyone didn’t have the maximum sized carry-on because they’re trying to avoid paying for a checked bag.
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2. nemothekid ◴[] No.44478516[source]
The fact that they may make you check it anyways is annoying.

I avoid checking a bag but because it’s price sensitive; its because so much of the airline experience is just idle dead time and I’d like to avoid spending an extra 45 minutes waiting around at baggage claim.

Having everyone check bags is just trading waiting at one area for waiting in another area

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3. mcintyre1994 ◴[] No.44478586[source]
Since they tend to do that at the check in gate and slow boarding, I think it’s more adding waiting at one area and also at another area.