Re: [81attendees] are we getting complacent? Good job!

[Randall Gellens <[e-mail]>]

At 8:12 AM -0700 8/4/11, Dave CROCKER wrote:

>  Hubs have more servicing airlines which means more competition. 
> There's a theory that competition among providers is better for the 
> consumer.  But it's only a theory.

It also makes it easier for attendees whose companies have preferred carriers.

>   > * While it may be easy to define a hub on paper, reality tends to make
>>     things a lot more complicated. A fair number of our attendees are
>>     "locked in" with certain air carriers and are thus forced to travel
>
>  You are suggesting this as a rationale for requiring /everyone/ to 
> make plane changes?

I'm coming into this thread late, but this is another reason to 
prefer cities with multiple carriers (whether or not they meet the 
definition of a hub).

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Randall Gellens
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