Asafeg yesseḥwaǧ ilugan

Boarding passLeg 01 / 06

Asafeg yesseḥwaǧ ilugan

Zone HostageSeat AnyFare Same

Gate01

Tetbeddileḍ asafeg deg umur aneggaru. Yeswa $1,200.

Tqimeḍ. Xemsa n yikersiyen iqerben-ak d ilmawen.

Tessufɣeḍ-d xelaṣ n setta n tibratin akken takebbant n usafeg ur tezzenz ara xemsa segsen.

Mačči d ssuq. D tirewla n umaḥbus.

Boarding passLeg 02 / 06

Yal abrid nniḍen yesɛa ilugan.

Zone RulesSeat AnyFare Same

Gate02

Bniɣ-d amedya n unaqib seg uddaynin sennig 206 n iberdan deg yal tamurt G20. Yal aḥric n unaqib yettwaḥsab seg uqerru. Aqamum, akra n usafrag, lekrew, asnerni, akeggem deg wakal, overhead. Rnu 15% n tferrut. D ssuma n tabrat.

Atan acu yeswa usafeg, abrid yiwen, akk yedda (tackaṛt, učči, akursi, akk ifuriyen):

Please read · Fare card 1Keep in seat pocket

Please read · Fare card 3Keep in seat pocket

133 seg 206 iberdan zemren ad ddun s ssumat n economy ddaw $100 abrid yiwen, akk yedda, s tferrut tedduzz n 15%.

Tlemmast n 206 iberdan d $131 abrid yiwen. Tlemmast n unekkaz wugar i tabrat ɣef ayen tetxellseḍ ass-a: $139.

Mi ara nfettel-it ɣef akk imsafren n umaḍal, medden ttxellisen sennig $1.2 trilyun i useggas akken ad safgen.

$131average fare, all 206 routes, one-way, everything included

$139average overcharge per ticket against what you pay today

$1.2Toverpaid to fly, every year, across global passenger volumes

Mi ara texelseḍ $700 i tbart, kan aḥric drus seg-s i ixellsen asafeg-ik akken n tidet.

Ayen yeqqimen yetteddu ɣer tferqas n revenue management, d tirubbaɛ n ineḍfaren i wxeddam d ad d-afen ssuma tameqrant akken iss tezmireḍ ad tetxellseḍ uqbel ad teǧǧeḍ akk u tetbeddileḍ tabart. Yetteddu ɣer ifuriyen GDS, d tikebbaniyin am Sabre d Amadeus i d-iḥettmen $5 ɣer $10 yal tikkelt mi tetzenzeḍ tabart s tnedlist n usafer neɣ usmenyaf. Yetteddu ɣer marketing ittakk imelyaren akken ak-yini akursi-nsen yemxalef ɣef wukrsi n takebbant nniḍen. Yetteddu ɣer tasiḍent n iɣawasen n laqudemu, i yif-it acu i tt-tɣileḍ.

Ḥebbes tlatin n tergiwin-a yerna ssuma ad teɣli s 30 ɣer 40%. Ulac ssḥer. Ḥebbes kan ad tetxellseḍ ɣef ayen ur yessikiren ara isafragen.

$290moves the plane

• Fuel
• Aircraft lease
• Crew
• Maintenance
• Ground handling
• Overhead
• +15% profit

$410moves nothing

• Revenue management teams
• GDS fees, $5 to $10 a ticket
• Marketing budgets
• Loyalty programme accounting

Cut three of those line items and the price drops by 30 to 40%.

Boarding passLeg 03 / 06

D ayagi i ur ttalin ara medden.

Zone MilesSeat AnyFare Same

Gate03

Deg 2020, American Airlines tessneɛmer aɣawas-is AAdvantage d arkun i useldi n $7.5 mliyaṛ. Aɣawas s yiman-is yura azal n $19.5 mliyaṛ. Ugar n takebbant akk.

SkyMiles n Delta? Yura $26 mliyaṛ. Ameqran ugar n Delta s yiman-is.

American Airlines tnegg-d ugar n tferrut send tabzert s uzenzi n imileyen i Citi ugar n usemzal n yisafagen. Delta tessufuɣ-d $7 mliyaṛ i useggas seg American Express i yizref n tezzla n SkyMiles i bab n tkurtnin. Asafeg d aselɣu kan. Imileyen d takebbant.

Yerna imileyen s yiman-nsen d Ponzi.

Mačči s tarrayt taɣarami, ulac win ara iruḥen ɣer leḥbus. Maca s tjeḥnit. Ibanken aɣen-d imileyen seg tikebbaniyin n usafeg azal n 1.5 cents yiwen. Takebbant tarra adrim d tabzert tukrist. Imileyen ttuɣalen d "tafrent" deg ifecka n takebbant, maca takebbant teṭṭef akken yebɣa azal-nsen. S kra n lweqt, takebbant tnegg-d-yali anaqib n usixxer s ttawil. Ayen yelan 25,000 imileyen yettuɣal d 75,000 imileyen. Asafeg-nni. Deg 2023, American Airlines tekkes akk acaṛt n yiɣawasen-is. Tura ulac azal yefren akk. Imileyen-ik sɛan kan azal akken ad inin nutni, deg ass i tebɣiḍ ad ten-tesseqdaceḍ.

AAdvantage, valued (2020)$19.5Bmore than the entire airline

SkyMiles, valued$26Bbigger than Delta itself

AAdvantage, as loan collateral$7.5Bthe 2020 loan it secured

Amex → Delta, every year$7Bfor the right to issue SkyMiles

Award ticket · same flightHome → HawaiiBanks buy the miles at about 1.5¢ each. The airline sets what they are worth.

25,000miles25,00075,000

Anwa i irebḥen? Wid yessufuɣen zik. Anwa i iyixsiren? Amsaɣ "iḥebbun" i ijemɛen imileyen di 10 iseggasen sakin yufa-d belli asafer-is ilelli ɣer Hawaii yeswa ass-a tlata imuren n imileyen i yellan asmi yebda.

Aḥric n tkarṭa n usedli iẓay ugar. Akham-tlemmast i yesɛan azal n $5,000 s 24% APR yetxelliṣ azal n $1,200 i useggas n yises akken ad ifaq imileyen n azal $150 deg ufares n tidet. Imileyen d aselɣu. Ises d takebbant.

Sky RewardsEarn milesworth maybe $150 a year in redemptions•••• •••• •••• 2026$1,200a year in interest on a $5,000 balance at 24% APRThe miles are the bait. The interest is the business.

Boarding passLeg 04 / 06

Tetbeddileḍ asafeg seg Cape Town ɣer Seoul.

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Gate04

Tisigit n teqcict tabidit: 13,700 km. Abrid n tidet s Dubai neɣ Amsterdam: 18,000 km. D 4,000 ikilumitren yernan n uqamum, n imɛeyyaben, n tudert-ik, yal tikkelt, axaṭer takebbant tessufuɣ-d ugar n tferrut mi ara k-tessisem ɣer ubank-is.

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Hub-and-spoke yella axaṭer tikebbaniyin n usafeg sufuɣent-d tabzert seg-s. Imsafren keṛhent-tt. Akal ikerh-itt. Asṛaɣ n usafeg ikerh-itt.

Ddaw n umedya n ssumat ttwafernen, ulac sebba ad yili tezdayt n iqalifen. Iberdan yesɛan asuter ad sɛun isafagen srid. Kkes ineqdal ur nesseḥwaǧ ara, syin imɛeyyaben n usafeg amaḍlan ad ɣlin s 15 ɣer 25%, mebla tabeddilt n yiwen n tatiknulujit. S tikli kan deg iberdan n srid.

Boarding passLeg 05 / 06

Tlata n yilugan. D aya akk.

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Gate05

Alugan 1. Sken tabart. Tabart tegber akursi-k, yiwen n usteb n 23 kg, yiwen carry-on, učči, akk ifuriyen n usagar. Ulac "basic economy." Ulac arnay n usteb. Ulac afri n usenfar n yikersi. Ssuma i twala d ssuma i tetxellseḍ. Eurostar yelha-d aya yakan. Yal lmitru di ddunit yelha-d aya yakan. Mačči d aɣbel.

Alugan 2. Ssumat tibedlin, yettarran azal n unaqib. Tampilt taḥdedt, twala-d ɣef tuget, tettnerni i useggas. Abrid-nni, ssuma-nni. Yili-d wakud i deg tetbeddilen neɣ axerruz seg way-tunadid, ur d-yefk acemma. Asafer aneggaru yeswa-d ssuma-nni am usafer i terred sin n waguren. Tikebbaniyin nnaɣent ɣef leskar, lqima n cabin, asmaqlal n wakud, asnaqal n iberdan. Mačči anwa i izemren ad d-yawi adrim ugar seg umsafer ihettrubeɣ.

Alugan 3. Lfunḍuṣ amaḍlan i wzal n usafeg i iberdan iɣwilen. Kra iberdan (tigzirin timecṭuḥin, leǧwahi iggugen) ur zmiren ara ad ɛamɣen s ssumat n ɛadi. Sefqed-itent s tabzert n 1.5% ɣef tferrut tamaḍlant n tkebbaniyin n usafeg, azal n $14.5 mliyaṛ i useggas. Tikebbaniyin ttnaɣent akken ad d-rrent iberdan s ssuma-nni. D nettan n usebrid n leskar ɣer iberdan iggugen di yal tamurt iyesnernan. D nettan n yiḥerbi n udsla anet n internet i wadeg. Mačči d ajdid. D asnas kan n umedya yellan yakan.

The standard ticketThe price you see is the price you pay.

1. Your seatIncluded
2. One checked bag, up to 23 kgIncluded
3. One carry-onIncluded
4. A mealIncluded
5. All airport feesIncluded

1Standardise the ticket

2Same route, same fare, whenever you book

3A 1.5% levy, about $14.5 billion a year, for thin routes

Chicago Convention · 1944

Aẓayan aɣarami yella yakan. Aɛhad n Chicago 1944, i iseyyiren asafeg amaḍlan, yesɛa yakan azref ad d-iglu s ssumat. Kan ulac win i tt-yesseqdacen.

Mačči d socialism. D amek yal aẓetta nniḍen n usafeg unsib di ddunit yetteddu.

Boarding passLeg 06 / 06

Asuneɣ aneggaru.

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Gate06

Tesseḥwaǧeḍ ad tuɣaleḍ ɣer wexxam axaṭer kra yebbeɛd di twacult-ik yuḍen. Tabrat yelan $300 simana akay-d tura $1,400. Akursi-nni. Asafeg-nni. Anaqib-nni n uqamum.

A week agoToday, in a hurry

Boarding passBooked today

Flight

Same

Seat

Same

Fuel burned

Same

Crew

Same

Fare

$1,400

$1,100 more for being in a hurry.

Mačci d aselɣu i tetxellseḍ. Tetxellseḍ axaṭer teǧhedeḍ. Takebbant tessen belli sneḥwajeḍ ad tsafgeḍ, dɣa tegga ssuma ɣef tjeḥnit-ik.

Mačči d ssuq. D aɣamem.

Syin, atan d aḥric iy-iharsen, tekecmeḍ ɣer usafrag yerna llan ikursiyen ilmawen ɣur-k yal anṣa. Asafeg yexreq. Takebbant tewla ad teǧbed asafrag s ikursiyen ilmawen ugar n ad ten-tezenz s ssuma ay zemren imdanen ɛadi ad ten-id-aɣen.

Mačči d capitalism i yexsren. D capitalism i yexdmen ɛad amek tt-id-skedcen, akken ad d-tegmu tabzert seg yal amsafer, mačci akken ad d-yawi ugar n imsafren.

Lmitru ur xeddmin akka. Tetren ur xeddmin akka. Ibusen ur xeddmin akka. D tikebbaniyin n usafeg kan.

Amaḍal yejmel ugar n yal tikkelt, yerna ssuma akken ad teqqimeḍ tjmeleḍ tettali kan.

Ddunit tettmeslayeɣ ugar n yal tikkelt, yerna ssuma n tuqqna teɛlu-d tettali.

Ayagi d aɣelbu.

D aɛqil amexluṭ.

Tlemmast n umaḍal tesɛa tudert i tesseḥwaǧ asafeg akken ad teddu. Imersan, imzawjen, imzedɣiyen, imehraziyen, ixeddamen iggugen, twaculin yebḍan ɣef tlata tegnatin. Ur tezmireḍ ara ad tinniḍ i medden ad ḥewwsen ɣer wanida yella usaru sakin ad ten-tessitferreḍ ad ɣalin akken ad walin twacult-nsen. Ur tezmireḍ ara ad tqebleḍ ihijirin sakin ad ten-tabseḍ mi ara d-asen. Ur izmir ad yili d abrid n yiwen wudem.

Ma nezga nettini i medden amaḍal yelli, ilaq ad t-nerr s tidet d tin yezmer ad d-yaweḍ.

$290 i wsafeg n New York ɣer London. D ssuma n tidet. Yal ayen yellan sennig-as d ssuma i k-d-tegga tkebbant i useḥfeḍ-ik d arusin.

Asafeg ur yesseḥwaǧ ad ilelli. Yesseḥwaǧ kan ilugan.