Maike
The question about the name canhge policy of airlines is easily explained. People want to fly cheap at ticket prices as low as € 400 to fly to the US from Europe. Which is nice, but airlines don't earn any money on these flights. The regular fare will have to be much higher, about 1000 € or more.Now what airlines do is they sell their tickets at different prices, adapted to the demand situation. If a flight fills up, tickets get more expensive. It is only logical that airlines will want to have control over their pricing strategy, meaning when to charge which price.If name canhges for cheap fares would be allowed, witty people could buy up the cheap seats on all flights as they become available, and later sell them to other people (and changing name) for a higher price. This is against the marketing system of the airlines and therefore would kill their pricing policy. Therefore, they have to limit or inhibit name canhges.Full-fare Eco or Business tickets usually dont have these restrictions anyway so there is no reason to complain! If we want to fly cheap, we cant expect full service!
Maike The question about the name canhge policy of airlines is easily explained. People want to fly cheap at ticket prices as low as € 400 to fly to the US from Europe. Which is nice, but airlines don't earn any money on these flights. The regular fare will have to be much higher, about 1000 € or more.Now what airlines do is they sell their tickets at different prices, adapted to the demand situation. If a flight fills up, tickets get more expensive. It is only logical that airlines will want to have control over their pricing strategy, meaning when to charge which price.If name canhges for cheap fares would be allowed, witty people could buy up the cheap seats on all flights as they become available, and later sell them to other people (and changing name) for a higher price. This is against the marketing system of the airlines and therefore would kill their pricing policy. Therefore, they have to limit or inhibit name canhges.Full-fare Eco or Business tickets usually dont have these restrictions anyway so there is no reason to complain! If we want to fly cheap, we cant expect full service!