@walesmaven wrote:
A ton of passengers bypass the machines to check-in with an agent, so that is a non-issue, folks. Why should I care how SQM pays for half of my ticket price?
@SoCalMama wrote:
@walesmaven wrote:
A ton of passengers bypass the machines to check-in with an agent, so that is a non-issue, folks. Why should I care how SQM pays for half of my ticket price?
Why would anyone do that? So, they can be the last person on the plane?
@hotsauce1 wrote:
I notice based on the charges I can see on the receipt, that when they pay for your flights they are paying with points. So I think we're kinda getting ripped off there.
@Rousseau wrote:
@SoCalMama wrote:
@walesmaven wrote:
A ton of passengers bypass the machines to check-in with an agent, so that is a non-issue, folks. Why should I care how SQM pays for half of my ticket price?
Why would anyone do that? So, they can be the last person on the plane?
Some people prefer to interact with humans. Some people don't realize that one can check in at the machine. Sometimes the line to see the human doesn't exist while the line to see the machine does (I frequently find this is the case at LAX). Sometimes people have bags to check and don't realize that they can go to the machine. Sometimes people have questions to ask that a machine won't answer.
@hotsauce1 wrote:
I notice based on the charges I can see on the receipt, that when they pay for your flights they are paying with points. So I think we're kinda getting ripped off there.
I suspect that those points are given to SQM by the client for the purpose of ticketing shoppers. It might also be the case that the client doesn't pay SQM much, if any, cash & that SQM's profit is (largely) from the $$ shoppers pay them.
@SoCalMama wrote:
@Rousseau wrote:
@SoCalMama wrote:
@walesmaven wrote:
A ton of passengers bypass the machines to check-in with an agent, so that is a non-issue, folks. Why should I care how SQM pays for half of my ticket price?
Why would anyone do that? So, they can be the last person on the plane?
Some people prefer to interact with humans. Some people don't realize that one can check in at the machine. Sometimes the line to see the human doesn't exist while the line to see the machine does (I frequently find this is the case at LAX). Sometimes people have bags to check and don't realize that they can go to the machine. Sometimes people have questions to ask that a machine won't answer.
@hotsauce1 wrote:
I notice based on the charges I can see on the receipt, that when they pay for your flights they are paying with points. So I think we're kinda getting ripped off there.
I suspect that those points are given to SQM by the client for the purpose of ticketing shoppers. It might also be the case that the client doesn't pay SQM much, if any, cash & that SQM's profit is (largely) from the $$ shoppers pay them.
If "check-in" means to talk to the person, that's fine, but I am not going to be the last to board because I did not check-in 24 hours in advance. You do know which airline this is, right?
Yes, they're on the account manager's points. So, if you take a $250 flight, SQM is getting a fee of $125. The airline is losing nothing but a seat. Pretty nice setup.@hotsauce1 wrote:
I notice based on the charges I can see on the receipt, that when they pay for your flights they are paying with points.