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In the early days of Concorde, British Airways (then called BOAC) surveyed the passengers to see how the felt about the high ticket price...

Posted by howie (aka howie) Aug 3 '20, 13:01

Almost all of them had no idea what the ticket cost was because "the office" or their assistant booked the seat.

When asked what they *thought* the ticket price was, most passengers guessed much, much higher that the actual price.

So they airline jacked up the price, and turned a profit for the first time.

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hah! -- nm - znufrii still hasn't gotten a haircut Aug 3, 13:18
Is there a link to that or is this from memory?? I'd love to read the full story. -- nm - David Aug 3, 13:07 3
- I believe I saw that on a documentary about the Concorde. Sorry, I don't recall the title. (nm) - howie Aug 3, 13:22 2
  - Linky -- (link) - Dano Aug 3, 13:23 1
    - Thank you! -- nm - David Aug 3, 13:33
wow -- nm - prayformojo Aug 3, 13:05

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