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RE: Miss. Opinionated : The woes of Travel - Budget Airlines
I worked at the Amsterdam airport and we had a few low budget airlines there, and the reason at our airport that they announce the gate last minute is because several airlines already have their gates and terminals booked, but the cheap airlines get to hear last minute which ones are available. In that way they have to pay less. But I know this is very inconvenient for the travellers. Also, my experience is that you don't have a lot of space at all and that the wing might fall of any soon, but I might be paranoid LOL HAHA
Sounds like the 'official' response for why the gates are announced last minute. But again, that's just a compounded nuisance designed to increase the likelihood of the passenger missing their flight, and them making more money.
Probably. That way they can sell more tickets, and they will have more profit. They probably have a higher percentage of unavailable tickets they sell. Bitches :). But here in Europe, all low lost airlines are flying on B airports which are all very small, and thus you have a small chance of missing the flight :).
Well, for short haul flights it's not thaat bad because you can just ride it out in the short time. But long haul, the issues are magnified some what.
Yeah agree. I still always try to go for a little more luxury though.
me too 😎