Abathengi beenqwelomoya bafumana imali ethe kratya iimbasa ezibhabhayo kulo nyaka, bejonge ukunqanda amaxabiso aphezulu kwaye bekholelwa ukuba iimayile azisafanelanga ngokufanayo.
Ngeendlela ezininzi ezintsha zokufumana iimayile - kuyo yonke into ukusuka kwirente yemoto ukuya kwigrosari - abahambi abanolwazi bayoyika ukuba kungekudala kuya kuba nzima ukuya apho bafuna khona, xa bafuna simahla.
“Ubuhle bebhaso lokubhabha rhoqo buphelile,” utshilo uJay Sorensen, obeqhuba inkqubo yokuthembeka kwiMidwest Airlines kwaye ngoku ungumcebisi wenqwelomoya. "Abantu bayaqonda ukuba ukusebenzisa iimayile ukuya eHawaii yinjongo enzima."
Uqoqosho kunye namaxabiso aphezulu anokuthi aqhubele abantu ukuba bachithe iimayile zabo.
URandy Petersen, olandelela iinkqubo ezihamba rhoqo njengompapashi wephephancwadi i-InsideFlyer, uthi ukunyuka kwamaxabiso kutshanje kukhokelela abakhweli abaninzi ukuba batshise iikhilomitha ezininzi kuhambo lwe-humdrum endaweni yeeholide zokuya eHawaii okanye eYurophu.
“Baya eBoise, eDecatur naseBakersfield,” utshilo uPetersen. "Bachitha iimayile kwiingxaki zikaxakeka zosapho okanye bendwendwela umakhulu."
Iinqwelomoya bezinyusa iimfuno zeemayile kwaye zinyanzelisa umrhumo wokuzisebenzisa, kodwa uninzi lwabantu basazifaka imali.
I-Continental Airlines inika ingxelo yokuba ukuya kuthi ga ngoJulayi, abathengi baye bahlawula amabhaso e-1.34 yezigidi kulo nyaka, benyuka ngeepesenti ezingama-21 ukusuka kwangelo xesha kunyaka ophelileyo.
Kwilizwekazi, ekuphela kwesikhululo senqwelomoya sase-US esichaza amanani entlawulo yenyanga, amagosa atshintsha ngetyala kwiwebhusayithi yawo evumela abathengi ukuba babone izihlalo ezifumanekayo kwiinqwelomoya zamahlakani, abanokuzibhukha ngeemayile ukusuka kwinkqubo yokunyaniseka ye-OnePass yelizwekazi.
I-American Airlines ineyona nkqubo indala kunye neyona inkulu yokunyaniseka kwishishini, i-AAdvantage, enamalungu angama-60 ezigidi ahlasele i-200 yeebhiliyoni zeekhilomitha kunyaka ophelileyo.
Ukusetyenziswa kwamabhaso eMelika kwakusicaba ukusuka ku-2006 ukuya ku-2007 kodwa kunyuke nge-10 ukuya kwi-15 leepesenti kulo nyaka ukuya kutsho ngo-Agasti, utshilo uRob Friedman, umongameli waseMelika kwintengiso ye-ADvantage.
Njengelizwekazi, indawo yeWebhu eqinisekisiweyo yaseMelika evumela ukuba abathengi babone ngokukhawuleza xa benokuhamba ngendlela ethile kunye nokuba zingabiza iimayile ezingaphi.
"Banokujonga ikhalenda kwaye benze urhwebo," utshilo uFriedman. "Banokuba bhetyebhetye kwaye bathenge iinqwelomoya (ezifuna iimayile ezimbalwa), okanye banokufuna ukukhulula iimayile ezininzi zokuhamba ngosuku oluthile."
Ngokomzekelo, kwiveki ephelileyo iWebhsayithi yaseMelika ibonise izihlalo ezifumanekayo ukusuka eDallas ukuya eHonolulu ngeentsuku ezininzi malunga neThanksgiving yeekhilomitha ezingama-35,000. Kodwa ukuba ufuna ukuhamba ngoMgqibelo, kuya kufuna iimayile ezingama-90,000.
Oko kubonisa ukuba iMelika izithembile ngakumbi ngokuthengisa ezo nqwelomoya zangoMgqibelo. Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya zifuna ukuzalisa iinqwelomoya zabo ngabathengi abahlawulayo, kodwa kufuneka balinganise loo nto ngokuchasene nokungxola kwabo babhabhayo rhoqo abafuna ukukhulula iimayile zabo kwiihambo zasimahla.
Malunga ne-6 ukuya kwi-8 yepesenti yabo bonke abakhweli babhabha ngamatikiti amabhaso, ngokutsho kwamaxwebhu eenqwelomoya.
Uninzi lwabathwali base-US baphakamise imigangatho yeemayile kwaye banciphisa ixesha lokuphelelwa kwiinkqubo zabo zokunyaniseka.
Ngoku iDelta inika amalungu amandla aqinisekisiweyo okuhlawulela iimayile kuhambo lwasimahla kodwa ngeendleko zeemayile ezininzi ngakumbi. Kule nyanga, i-American yaqala ukubiza i-50 yeedola - kunye ne-15,000 yeemayile-ukuphucula ukusuka kumqeqeshi wezoqoqosho kwinqwelomoya e-United States.
“Ezo zigqibo azizange zibe lula okanye zidume, kodwa ngenxa yeendleko zepetroli, beziyimfuneko,” utshilo uFriedman waseMelika malunga nomrhumo omtsha.
Ezo ntlawulo kunye nemithetho engqingqwa yokuphelelwa lixesha inokuthi yona ngokwayo iqhube ukonyuka kwentlawulelo.
UShaun Black, umcebisi wesoftware e-Atlanta, utshise zonke iimayile zakhe zeDelta kuhambo yena nenkosikazi yakhe abaya kulo eGrisi kwintwasahlobo ezayo. Ubhukishe izihlalo kanye phambi kokuba iDelta iqalise ukunyanzelisa intlawulo yepetroli kumatikiti omvuzo ngo-Agasti.
“Sasingajonganga nokuthabatha uhambo,” watsho uBlack. "Kwakungaphezulu ngaphandle - andizukuyihlawula loo mali."
UBlack uthe unexhala lokuba iDelta kungekudala iza kuphinda kabini iimayile ezifunekayo kuhambo lwasimahla kuba abantu abaninzi ngoku bafumana imayile ngokusebenzisa amakhadi etyala, ukuqesha iimoto - yonke into ngaphandle kokubhabha.
Kuphela sisiqingatha seemayile ezifunyanwa ngabantu baseMelika ababhabhayo rhoqo bebhabha, kwaye isiqingatha sivela ekusebenziseni ikhadi letyala leCitigroup elikhethekileyo okanye ukuthenga kumaqabane athengisayo ali-1,000 lenkampani yenqwelomoya.
Kwaye yile ngxaki kanye ngezi nkqubo, utshilo uTom Farmer, oqhuba inkampani encinci yentengiso eSeattle - iimayile ezininzi kakhulu ukuleqa izihlalo ezimbalwa. Iflaya yexesha elide yenqanaba elite, wonele ngokwaneleyo.
“Kukho ingxaki elukholweni ngeemayile- zihlala zijongelwa phantsi,” utshilo. "Abantu abaninzi, ndibandakanyiwe, bagqibe kwelokuba umdlalo uphezulu kwaye bayaphuma."
Umlimi uthe uchithe i-450,000 yeemayile ze-Northwest Airlines ukubhukisha izihlalo zeklasi yeshishini kwiholide yosapho ihlobo elizayo ukuya e-Australia naseTahiti kwaye uneemayile ezingama-2,000 kuphela ezishiyekileyo. Kutshanje, uye wathatha iihambo ezininzi kwi-JetBlue, kodwa akacwangcisi ukukhulula iimayile ngaphambi kokuba ziphelelwe lixesha - "umdlalo" awusafaneleki, utshilo.
Iinqwelomoya zikhangela iindlela zokwenza iinkqubo zokunyaniseka zibe nomtsalane ngakumbi. IMelika kunye noMzantsi-ntshona kutshanje babhengeze ukuba baza kuseka iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokungena kwezinye izikhululo zeenqwelomoya ukunceda amalungu enkqubo ukuba adlule kukhuseleko ngokukhawuleza.
“Inika abathengi bethu into eluncedo ngakumbi, ngakumbi abahambi beshishini,” utshilo uRyan Green, umlawuli wokunyaniseka kwabathengi eMzantsi-ntshona. "Uphando lwethu lubonisa ukuba iinkqubo ezihamba rhoqo zihamba phambili kubahambi beshishini."
Kwaye iinkqubo zihlala zisebenzela injongo yokuba iinkampani zeenqwelo moya zidalwe - ukugcina abathengi babo abangcono kakhulu ukuba bangayiboli ukuya komnye umthuthi.
UMark Pankow, umphathi wentengiso waseWisconsin, usebenzise iimayile zeAmerican Airlines ukufumana izihlalo ezisibhozo zodidi lweshishini ukuya eJamani iKrisimesi edlulileyo, amatikiti amathandathu okuya eOrlando ngo-Agasti, kwaye kutshanje ubhukishe iihambo ezimbini eziya eCosta Rica.
Ezinye iinqwelomoya ezinkulu zibonelela ngeeshedyuli ezihlangabezana neemfuno zikaPankow, kodwa uyayixabisa imeko yakhe yeplatinam eMelika.
“Kuya kuthatha isiganeko esitshintsha ubomi bam ukuba nditshintshele e-United,” utshilo. "Kuza kufuneka ndibhabhe umqeqeshi unyaka wonke ukuze ndibuyele kwisimo esiphakamileyo."
