{"id":3450,"date":"2009-04-22T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.AchieveMax.com\/blog\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2013-06-27T19:21:47","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T23:21:47","slug":"boo-hoo-cant-afford-the-loo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/achievemax.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/22\/boo-hoo-cant-afford-the-loo\/","title":{"rendered":"Boo Hoo &#8211; Can&#8217;t Afford the Loo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve heard of Pay-Per-View.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve heard of Pay-to-Play.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve heard of Pay-to-Click.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve heard of Pay-to-Post.<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears as though we&#8217;re about to open up a whole new category. Prepare to add any or all of the following to your vocabulary:<\/p>\n<p>Pay-to-Pee<br \/>\nWee Fee<br \/>\nFlush Fee<\/p>\n<p>And there could be even more. This is not a joke. In fact, there&#8217;s nothing funny about it at all.<\/p>\n<p>RyanAir is an Irish low-cost airline headquartered in Dublin, and\u00a0it constantly strives to bring new meaning to the term &#8220;cost saving.&#8221; This Irish airline is renowned for its cheap flights and has made no secret of its quest to boost revenue by any means possible. It has\u00a0almost become an industry joke.<\/p>\n<p>RyanAir operates 181 aircraft and has orders placed for an additional 141 planes. It is\u00a0the third largest airline in Europe in terms of passenger numbers and the world&#8217;s largest airliner in terms of international passengers. Some say it has\u00a0copied its\u00a0low-cost model after Southwest Airlines while others claim it has\u00a0far surpassed that particular model.<\/p>\n<p>RyanAir&#8217;s &#8220;no frills&#8221; approach includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>no business class.<\/li>\n<li>operating a single model of aircraft.<\/li>\n<li>charges for food, soft drinks and even water.<\/li>\n<li>charges for each bag checked into the hold.<\/li>\n<li>plans to remove all its check-in counters to encourage travelers to take just one piece of hand luggage.<\/li>\n<li>flying into\u00a0only\u00a0regional airports where they charge lower fees.<\/li>\n<li>charging\u00a0a fee for bringing aboard any airport purchases.<\/li>\n<li>hawking\u00a0bingo cards and duty-free goods during\u00a0its flights.<\/li>\n<li>seats that do not recline, seats without\u00a0back pockets and\u00a0no window shades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One might be tempted to think that RyanAir is prepared to plumb any depth to make a fast buck and is constantly putting profit before the comfort of its\u00a0 customers. Just when you think they&#8217;ve reached rock bottom,\u00a0they come up with another idea which leaves you asking yourself: &#8220;What Were They Thinking?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now RyanAir has\u00a0decided to start charging passengers to go to the bathroom. Again, this is no joke.\u00a0It originally requested the engineers at Boeing to design a mechanism for the toilet door to accept coins. That was quickly dismissed as the airline operates heavily in areas which use both the euro and British pound. Now RyanAir has\u00a0designed a door which will open only if you swipe a credit card through the locking mechanism. To add insult to injury,\u00a0you not only have to &#8220;pay-to-pee,&#8221; but you&#8217;ll have to do it on credit.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t think for a moment that U.S. airlines aren&#8217;t watching this newest revelation to note passenger responses. If it works at RyanAir, we&#8217;ll soon be seeing it in the states.<\/p>\n<p>The airline estimates if 20%\u00a0of passengers pay \u00a31 to use the restroom, this would generate \u00a315 million annually (21 million American dollars)!\u00a0It might want to consider the fact that charging to use the restrooms might impact the income it has\u00a0been enjoying by charging passengers for over-priced drinks on board.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I guess\u00a0RyanAir\u00a0could make up for that loss by selling corks and pooper-scoopers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve heard of Pay-Per-View. I&#8217;ve heard of Pay-to-Play. I&#8217;ve heard of Pay-to-Click. I&#8217;ve heard of Pay-to-Post. However, it appears as though we&#8217;re about to open up a whole new category. 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