The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny: Home of the Haha@lemmy.world · 9 months agoThis "all you can eat" buffet has a unique system for discountslemmy.worldimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1739arrow-down125
arrow-up1714arrow-down1imageThis "all you can eat" buffet has a unique system for discountslemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Funny: Home of the Haha@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareWillylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down3·8 months agoimagine if tickets were priced by the lb/kilograms
minus-squareCobblerScholar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·8 months agoI can just see the travel tips article telling you to go donate blood and take diuretics before you get weighed for your ticket
minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoI can see a class action lawsuit if they ever switch to that. And I imagine there wouldn’t be that risk if airlines had priced their tickets based on weight from the very start back in the Roaring Twenties.
minus-squaresoggy_kitty@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down7·edit-28 months agoSaid by someone who hasn’t thought this through at all. People would intentionally dehydrate themselves to save money, it’s dangerous.
minus-squareGregorGizeh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down7·8 months agoIf you’re so poor you have to dehydrate yourself pre flight to save 2kgs of weight you shouldn’t be spending your money on plane tickets.
minus-square5too@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s not that they necessarily have to, some people will anyway to save a buck. And then you’re just incentivising dangerous behavior.
minus-squareDave@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoLike this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_Air#Pay_by_weight
minus-squareWillylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agothat’s amazing! I wonder why children got a further discount. I wonder if it’s a coincidence they are no longer flying.
imagine if tickets were priced by the lb/kilograms
I can just see the travel tips article telling you to go donate blood and take diuretics before you get weighed for your ticket
I can see a class action lawsuit if they ever switch to that. And I imagine there wouldn’t be that risk if airlines had priced their tickets based on weight from the very start back in the Roaring Twenties.
Said by someone who hasn’t thought this through at all.
People would intentionally dehydrate themselves to save money, it’s dangerous.
If you’re so poor you have to dehydrate yourself pre flight to save 2kgs of weight you shouldn’t be spending your money on plane tickets.
It’s not that they necessarily have to, some people will anyway to save a buck. And then you’re just incentivising dangerous behavior.
Like this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_Air#Pay_by_weight
that’s amazing! I wonder why children got a further discount. I wonder if it’s a coincidence they are no longer flying.