Comments on: Is this a Non-Issue? Airline issues discount only to GBLT passengers

By: Smarter than Ezra

Smarter than Ezra — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:37:42 +0000

I only wonder if Aaron would be willing to sell his masculinity by pretending to be gay to save himself $15-$20 (because that is seriously the amount of money we are talking about per ticket).

Thinking about that just brightened my day. Thanks Aaron.

By: Smarter than Ezra

Smarter than Ezra — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:13:30 +0000

I think it would be awesome if Aaron Unruh bought a “homosexual airline ticket” to get the discriminatory discount, put on his wife’s sunday best, and flew to New York, just to make a very important point. That would show them! Oh yeah, what is his point exactly?

By: Charles-in-charge

Charles-in-charge — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:17:55 +0000

“heterosexuals tend to have a lot more children”

well I’ll be damned, learn something new everyday, thanks Charles.

By: Charles Anthony

Charles Anthony — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:11:35 +0000

Good. Any time I can knock you out of your regulatory mind-set and over towards a laissez-faire mind-set, just let me know.

By: Aaron Unruh

Aaron Unruh — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:09:23 +0000

“Here is a clue: heterosexuals tend to have a lot more children.

Here is an other clue: traveling children tend to be unruly, unpredictable and those families cancel appointments.”

OH!, it all makes so much sense now!

By: Charles Anthony

Charles Anthony — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:16:14 +0000

Aaron Unruh,
Stop demonstrating your fine business acumen and vast customer service experience.

Do you have any idea what makes heterosexuals different from homosexuals???
Here is a clue: heterosexuals tend to have a lot more children.

Here is an other clue: traveling children tend to be unruly, unpredictable and those families cancel appointments.

Here is one more clue: homosexuals tend to have a lot more disposable income.

You do the math.

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However, forget everything I wrote and let us deal with the glaringly obvious.
What are you suggesting????? Are you suggesting that the businessmen — the actual people who must make the payroll — do not know their own business better than anyone else???

then wouldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t catering to 90% of people be smarter than catering to 10% of people? No, because that would be an OUTRAGE, right Charles?

Whatever.
You can tell the airline industry how to run their own business all you want and complain about their marketing strategy: you have nothing to lose.

By: gayfatigue

gayfatigue — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:07:59 +0000

The airline most likely stopped offering the discount to the “heterosexual” community due to bathroom stall congestion at the airport.

By: Aaron Unruh

Aaron Unruh — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:32:54 +0000

“By the way, an airline catering to the homosexual community is smart business decision.”

Wouldn’t it be smarter business to give a 10% discount to “the heterosexual community”? If the 10% figure is true (it isn’t) , then wouldn’t catering to 90% of people be smarter than catering to 10% of people? No, because that would be an OUTRAGE, right Charles?

By: Charles Anthony

Charles Anthony — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:10:12 +0000

I was about to comment to explain that I believe the the airline should have the right to discriminate any way they want. I was also about to comment on the silly “a community of practice or choice” digression too. However, the only basis of the whole opening post is unfortunately a baseless fabricated rant. Neither of them deserve the dignity of being taken seriously.

By the way, an airline catering to the homosexual community is smart business decision.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:48:22 +0000

I read the link, and the links from the link, and still couldn’t find any proof that it was indeed true. So, then, what I think, is that instead of making something baseless up, you just repeated it, because you were too busy (or lazy) to check.

By: Shane Edwards

Shane Edwards — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:54:23 +0000

Nobody reads links anymore. That’s the point of the internets you know. You link to a document that explains more fully. I am here to comment. I don’t claim to have done the legwork myself. Frick, do you think that’s what bloggers do all day? Sit around making up baseless slander?

Wait a minute. Some do. Ok, around HERE we don’t make up baseless slander.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:41:37 +0000

Do you care to share the actual link that proves this claim? Seems to me that there is nowhere on the website that actually shows the “gay” discount.

By: Aaron Unruh

Aaron Unruh — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:23:16 +0000

What’s to stop anyone from booking their flights on the “special page”?