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[BLOCKQUOTE][BR]----------------[BR]On 11/20/2002 11:34:14 AM magsau wrote:
[P]One way to solve the oversold ticket problem is to charge the passenger for the ticket whether or not they show. Much like a hotel room a seat is perishable. You could sell a stand-by only fare for those that like to take chances and those that do not show up.......well we have their money and they have some tickets to a football game that was played last sunday and it is no good anymore.[BR][BR]I never understand the uprising over the ticket change charge. If I wanted to go to a college football game that was sold out, should I be able to take my ticket from the game a week before that I did not attend and be allowed to enter the stadium on a stand-by basis. Football, Baseball, Theater, Hotel rooms and Airline Seats are all perishable commodities.[/P]----------------[/BLOCKQUOTE]
[P]I'd almost agree magsau, if you make one little exception - make the ticket transferable. If I have tickets for a football game and can't go, I can always sell them to another fan who CAN go, or I can GIVE them to my brother who want's to go. Same deal with a movie, theatre ticket, or baseball game. Try that with an airline ticket. That way, you have your money, I have my money, and somebody actually got to use the item that was sold. [BR][BR]I do have a problem with the upcharge though...If I have a ticket on the 20 yard line in the nosebleed section, but really wanted seats on the 50 behind the bench, I go to the ticket window and see if I can exchange the ticket and pay the difference. They don't charge me an extra $100 to get a better seat. And if they don't offer an exchange program, I can still by the 50 yard line ticket at face value, and then, going back to paragraph 1 - I can always sell or give the 20 yard line tickets to someone else who can use them.[BR][BR]As far as hotel rooms go, unless I buy the room on Hotwire or Priceline, I've got all the way up to 6:00 p.m. of the day of my stay to call and tell them sorry. No charge for that either. [/P]