Low cost effect: airlines change the way they collect their tickets to make them cheaper

Aerolineas Argentinas has put in place a new fare system that will allow pbadengers to pay only for the services they use, such as baggage in the warehouse, date change or seat selection.

This was announced by the company and revealed that the new modality is already implemented on flights to Punta Cana and Bogota.

In the coming days, it will first be extended to cabotage flights, then to the remaining international services.

"With the new pricing scheme, airline customers will exclusively pay for services that meet their needs and will have access to a wider variety of options at the time of purchase," Telam sources said. the company.

The scheme consists of applying to the already existing segmentation in terms of rates, different degrees of benefits. For example, the segment identified as Promo, which is the lowest of the tariff scale, allows the pbadenger to board the aircraft with only one piece of hand luggage, can not choose a seat and can not change the date of the trip.

In this case, as indicated by the airlines, the shipment of luggage in the cargo hold or modification of the date will result in an additional cost, intended to prevent the pbadenger from paying what he does not do not want to use.

The following categories allow free shipment of luggage, date change, ticket return or seat change.

Without quota

The new system differs from the previous one also in terms of quotas for each segment. Until now, the categories had specific quotas and once they were exhausted, it was impossible to get a ticket with this cost.

The company said that now, while there is room on the aircraft will be able to access the lowest segment (Promo), which establishes a direct competition with the low cost companies.

The segments will be: Promo, Base, Plus and Flex for economy cabs; Club Economy for cabotage companies and Cóndor Promo Club and Club Cóndor for international cabins.