Comments on: Business travel is getting meaner and tighter http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2009/04/17/business-travel-is-getting-meaner-and-tighter/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:00:22 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bree http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2009/04/17/business-travel-is-getting-meaner-and-tighter/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Bree Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:26:35 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/?p=1093#comment-250 Long haul premium economy is, by the way, pretty good, and something like economy was back in the golden age of the first jumbos, when there were even economy class lounges in United 747s. It’s just that it will now cost you a lot more than it did in the glory days, and to make sure you want to use it, the airlines will no doubt quickly render standard economy even tighter and meaner than it is today. well said. Long haul premium economy is, by the way, pretty good, and something like economy was back in the golden age of the first jumbos, when there were even economy class lounges in United 747s. It’s just that it will now cost you a lot more than it did in the glory days, and to make sure you want to use it, the airlines will no doubt quickly render standard economy even tighter and meaner than it is today.

well said.

]]> By: Bree http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2009/04/17/business-travel-is-getting-meaner-and-tighter/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Bree Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:09:48 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/?p=1093#comment-249 [quote] Expect to see the revolt of the bean counters, in both the corporate travel managers, and in the airlines, conspire to impact deeply on long haul business class in the near future too. [/quote] couldn't agree more.

quote] Expect to see the revolt of the bean counters, in both the corporate travel managers, and in the airlines, conspire to impact deeply on long haul business class in the near future too. [/quote

couldn’t agree more.

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