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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority must decide whether to offer new fare options to the five million riders who use New York City's subway and bus system each day.
[C3.] Shopping and Travel Sites Team Up CometSystems.com will begin a service with Orbitz, the travel site, to display fare options without sending users to other Web sites.
With a new electronic fare collection system that was being installed, the MTA could offer innovative fare options including monthly passes, off-peak discounts, and free subway-to-bus transfers.
On Monday night, United Airlines announced what it called "new fare options" that included reductions of 50percentt off regular walk-up business fares for 21-day advance purchases and 25percentt off for 10-day advance purchases.
American's new coach fare options are "another example of how we're building toward a new, innovative and more modern airline," said Rob Friedman, the vice president for marketing at the airline, which is about to emerge from bankruptcy court protection and is in talks with US Airways.
The other two fare options will allow customers to check one and two bags for free, respectively.
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A computer model (Microsoft Excel format) allows students to assess the ridership and revenue impacts of each fare option.
Another feature seemingly alluring to the crowds is the "Live Fare" option, which allows the rider to see the fare calculated in real time as the trip progresses.
Among them, passengers opting for this lower fare option, called Basic Economy, won't be able to choose their seats, will be last to board the plane and won't be able to carry on more than one personal item that will fit under the seat in front of them – larger carry-ons are out.
Also, the lack of availability of a true "discount" fare option to the Anytown traveler is pivotal.
While Kingfisher and the market leader, Jet Airways, have bought rivals, fly multiple plane models and have struggled to mix full-service and low-fare options, IndiGo offers one class of no-frills service on a single type of plane, the same strategy pioneered by the U.S. carrier Southwest Airlines.
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