BA -again

BA are certainly not my favourite airline   - NABAFWBAFNFWBACF
is one reason .   And ive managed to avoid givign BA more money for 2 years or so - FlyBe going to London City Airport and I've discovered that the Caledonian  Sleeper is a reasonable  way of travelling north

 But I need to travel again ,and Fly(May)Be don't go to London City in November, so BA it is after a 2 year hiatus .

So i try and choose a flight and I need to  be back on monday morning . Im not going to spedn hours  getting out to Heathrow and hanging around , so saturday , and London City it is.

And why does coming back on  a saturday cost twice as much as travelling south on a tuesday ?. Because they can charge that , and get away with it .

Selecting dates gives you the option of being flexible . Does it matter ? Well I think it does . Im still trying  to work out what buttons do what on flight choices and prices, but this is the situation at the moment ( I think)

heres a screenshot . If you  tick flexible dates , the price of saturday flights is a bit lower than if you say the dates are fixed.

 

Depending on which outward flight you choose, the price of the   return flight can vary. Its either £188, 194 or £195

£194 return flight

£195 return flight

It is not possible to see the  return flight and the outward flight  on the same screen - the list is so long , you have to scroll.  And when you select the outward journey, the prive for the return one changes .

And they do it with some javascript .

So they charge depending on how desperate to travel on a particular day .
'Dynamic pricing' means one price changes depending on what else you choose.
They design their website to obfuscate what they are doing .

And has BA gone up in my estimation ?

Air Fares

We've had our transport problems in the past - cancelled and delayed flights due to the weather or due to the fact that the  SAAB 340  planes that they use were last built in 1998, and so have been kept going ever since.

And we have noticed the eye-wateringly high fares that the manage to charge.  Of course they can - its a monopoly supplier on an essential air route.
And when you add 'dynamic airline pricing' its not surprising that Islanders get ripped off.
Dynamic Airline pricing :
Which is more likely - finding a businessman who must got to the destination tomorrow and will pay £250 for the privilege , or 25  visitors who will pay £10 each.
So they take advantage of the fact  that they have a monopoly.

So the Facebook page

 Islanders against Flybe & Loganair's excessive prices

9000+ likes so far.
And we need to tweet @flybe daily to  make them aware of the numbers of supporters it has