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What signal does being prepared to stay away on a Saturday night give to the airlines?
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Not just airlines but all sorts of travel: hotels, car rentals, trains...
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What is "staying away on Saturday night"?
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Not just airlines but all sorts of travel: hotels, car rentals, trains...
– user71659
16 mins ago
What is "staying away on Saturday night"?
– Jan Doggen
2 mins ago
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Not just airlines but all sorts of travel: hotels, car rentals, trains...
– user71659
16 mins ago
What is "staying away on Saturday night"?
– Jan Doggen
2 mins ago
1
1
Not just airlines but all sorts of travel: hotels, car rentals, trains...
– user71659
16 mins ago
Not just airlines but all sorts of travel: hotels, car rentals, trains...
– user71659
16 mins ago
What is "staying away on Saturday night"?
– Jan Doggen
2 mins ago
What is "staying away on Saturday night"?
– Jan Doggen
2 mins ago
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It tells them that you're most likely not travelling for business. The common airline-industry knowledge states that most business travelers will leave during the early part of the week and return home on Thursday or Friday in order to spend their weekend at home. If you're willing to stay over the weekend you're probably (or so the thinking goes) travelling for leisure and getting the most out of your vacation by staying for the weekend.
Business travelers are generally paying with a company credit card (or getting reimbursed) so they typically care far less about the cost of their tickets. Thus, airlines can get higher prices from them. Leisure travelers, on the other hand, are usually paying with their own money and are thus more price sensitive customers. Hence, the discount for staying a Saturday night may help attract them to purchasing a ticket.
This practice of finding dividing lines between types of customers (such as the Saturday night stay) is called "segmentation" and allows airlines to charge customers according to the features of their trip that are most important to them. This is the basis of an airline's Revenue Management department, whose job it is to find these segments and set out different price points in the market according to the needs of each different segment.
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It tells them that you're most likely not travelling for business. The common airline-industry knowledge states that most business travelers will leave during the early part of the week and return home on Thursday or Friday in order to spend their weekend at home. If you're willing to stay over the weekend you're probably (or so the thinking goes) travelling for leisure and getting the most out of your vacation by staying for the weekend.
Business travelers are generally paying with a company credit card (or getting reimbursed) so they typically care far less about the cost of their tickets. Thus, airlines can get higher prices from them. Leisure travelers, on the other hand, are usually paying with their own money and are thus more price sensitive customers. Hence, the discount for staying a Saturday night may help attract them to purchasing a ticket.
This practice of finding dividing lines between types of customers (such as the Saturday night stay) is called "segmentation" and allows airlines to charge customers according to the features of their trip that are most important to them. This is the basis of an airline's Revenue Management department, whose job it is to find these segments and set out different price points in the market according to the needs of each different segment.
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It tells them that you're most likely not travelling for business. The common airline-industry knowledge states that most business travelers will leave during the early part of the week and return home on Thursday or Friday in order to spend their weekend at home. If you're willing to stay over the weekend you're probably (or so the thinking goes) travelling for leisure and getting the most out of your vacation by staying for the weekend.
Business travelers are generally paying with a company credit card (or getting reimbursed) so they typically care far less about the cost of their tickets. Thus, airlines can get higher prices from them. Leisure travelers, on the other hand, are usually paying with their own money and are thus more price sensitive customers. Hence, the discount for staying a Saturday night may help attract them to purchasing a ticket.
This practice of finding dividing lines between types of customers (such as the Saturday night stay) is called "segmentation" and allows airlines to charge customers according to the features of their trip that are most important to them. This is the basis of an airline's Revenue Management department, whose job it is to find these segments and set out different price points in the market according to the needs of each different segment.
answered 1 hour ago
cbw
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up vote
6
down vote
accepted
up vote
6
down vote
accepted
It tells them that you're most likely not travelling for business. The common airline-industry knowledge states that most business travelers will leave during the early part of the week and return home on Thursday or Friday in order to spend their weekend at home. If you're willing to stay over the weekend you're probably (or so the thinking goes) travelling for leisure and getting the most out of your vacation by staying for the weekend.
Business travelers are generally paying with a company credit card (or getting reimbursed) so they typically care far less about the cost of their tickets. Thus, airlines can get higher prices from them. Leisure travelers, on the other hand, are usually paying with their own money and are thus more price sensitive customers. Hence, the discount for staying a Saturday night may help attract them to purchasing a ticket.
This practice of finding dividing lines between types of customers (such as the Saturday night stay) is called "segmentation" and allows airlines to charge customers according to the features of their trip that are most important to them. This is the basis of an airline's Revenue Management department, whose job it is to find these segments and set out different price points in the market according to the needs of each different segment.
answered 1 hour ago
cbw
2,5061512
It tells them that you're most likely not travelling for business. The common airline-industry knowledge states that most business travelers will leave during the early part of the week and return home on Thursday or Friday in order to spend their weekend at home. If you're willing to stay over the weekend you're probably (or so the thinking goes) travelling for leisure and getting the most out of your vacation by staying for the weekend.
Business travelers are generally paying with a company credit card (or getting reimbursed) so they typically care far less about the cost of their tickets. Thus, airlines can get higher prices from them. Leisure travelers, on the other hand, are usually paying with their own money and are thus more price sensitive customers. Hence, the discount for staying a Saturday night may help attract them to purchasing a ticket.
This practice of finding dividing lines between types of customers (such as the Saturday night stay) is called "segmentation" and allows airlines to charge customers according to the features of their trip that are most important to them. This is the basis of an airline's Revenue Management department, whose job it is to find these segments and set out different price points in the market according to the needs of each different segment.
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Not just airlines but all sorts of travel: hotels, car rentals, trains...
– user71659
16 mins ago
What is "staying away on Saturday night"?
– Jan Doggen
2 mins ago