Airlines' Business Travel Problem

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@harshdharpawar3183 2 года назад

Wendover is secretly sabotaging all airlines to make his own WendovAir empire.

@harshdharpawar3183 2 года назад

Holy cow, so many likes

@harshdharpawar3183 2 года назад

There was some grammatical mistakes, hence I edited it.

@GeeTransit 2 года назад

Holy cow, so many likes

@campei1257 2 года назад

Holy cow, so many likes

@rocketryreuben 2 года назад

Holy cow, so many likes

@FlavorWorld 2 года назад

cant believe he finds so many airline-related topics 😭 at this point I'm pretty sure he'll never run out

@cellokid5104 2 года назад

The crying emoji makes this comment

@topiasr628 2 года назад

Random but Disaster Breakdown has some great airline content (granted its about all the cases wherein things haven't gone to plan)

@mitanshkapadia.3737 2 года назад

Classic Wendover: A video about planes.

@DyslexicMitochondria 2 года назад

Ikr classic

@sterlingarcher8041 2 года назад

@@DyslexicMitochondria hey bro I watch your videos. Love your channel

@josemontesa1 2 года назад

The best ones

@awagentx 2 года назад

Now we need a brick video…

@gamerhandlehere 2 года назад

Anything else is just Half as Interesting..

@evan 2 года назад

an airline-related video? *grabs popcorn*

@Mail_Liam 2 года назад

Not surprised to see you here you did say once you like planes

@luv4dio 2 года назад

lol

@dfjanus8014 2 года назад

lol me too bud me too

@vinny2971 2 года назад

IKR!

@avgeek707 2 года назад

welcome to the fine side of RU-vid, Mr. Edinger.

@otothej2577 2 года назад

I booked a business trip yesterday for 1½ weeks from now. One thing that was odd about it was that the prices were not high at all. It was at very normal levels similarly if I had booked 2 months ago. Basically that means that the airlines desperately want at least SOME people to board their planes.

@sarabutler8693 2 года назад

its not covid its inflation.

@monster6488 2 года назад

@@sarabutler8693 that’s the opposite of inflation

@IronLotus15 2 года назад

lmao

@bangbangliu2146 2 года назад

@@sarabutler8693 do you even know what inflation is

@szurketaltos2693 2 года назад

@@bangbangliu2146 clearly they mean that the currency is airline flights, the airlines are buying everything in the economy by printing flights... /s

@PhilipTeltz 2 года назад

That cut from Microsoft to All Gates didn’t go unnoticed here 😉

@dkaloger5720 2 года назад

timestamp?

@martin912 2 года назад

@@dkaloger5720 03:33

@channingmcgregorsmith 2 года назад

I NOTICED THAT BUT THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW IM NOT CRAZY

@zoltan902 2 года назад

Just the other day I was thinking, for a change, maybe Wendover should do a video about the aviation industry.

@aceman67 2 года назад

You mean on a day that ends in Y?

@TJ-wg6oh 2 года назад

loool this is funny even though i still like his vids

@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 2 года назад

Yeah, it's great to see him change things up a while. I never realized he knew so much about financial logistics.

@ashtonbedford-smith4353 2 года назад

@oh no ok osama

@YianniMacris 2 года назад

If I ever start an airline, I'm hiring Wendover to make the decisions lol

@dunnowy123 2 года назад

I mean, it's easy to be an Armchair CEO or General....it's very different when the actual decisions need to be made.

@TheScholar1 2 года назад

@@dunnowy123 The joke flew past your old mind, eh chap?

@coleschaefer6016 2 года назад

@@TheScholar1 there's nothing wrong with pondering a joke as if it was a valid statement, it simply just sparks a discussion

@TheScholar1 2 года назад

@@coleschaefer6016 I'm loving this thought provoking debate. God it took me ages to find your reply among the sea of discussions!

@shailenverma959 2 года назад

@@TheScholar1 haha, chilllll lad

@chrisjoondeph4781 2 года назад

Sam - I manage key business markets for one of the big 3 US carriers and you just perfectly described my job and the challenges we face right now. I’m going to share this with my friends/family so they know what I do for work now.

@dannydaw59 2 года назад

Why are business travelers not sensitive to price?

@kylefopma4108 2 года назад

Chris I work at MSP. Does ATL have any Revenue Management positions opening up soon?

@robertschnobert9090 2 года назад

@@chrisjoondeph4781 Thank you for your service. You're an American hero! Godspeed, good Sir! 🌈

@stevenirby5576 2 года назад

What do you predict will happen in the coming year?

@chrisjoondeph4781 2 года назад

@@stevenirby5576 prediction is so driven on covid trajectory that is is really hard to say anything beyond “it will be choppy”. I think we have seen over the past several months that covid is still around and the vaccines might not work as originally promised so a lot remains to be seen around the virus trajectory and people’s reaction to that ie we start to be more comfortable with asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic cases protected by the vaccine and it causes less panic than it does now

@colonelcactus2462 2 года назад

That Phoenix to Bozeman flight is exactly what my dad has been doing for his job for the past few months.

@spidermain 2 года назад

As a pilot?

@colonelcactus2462 2 года назад

@@spidermain No. Just as a buisness traveler.

@hotbeefo 2 года назад

I miss that view from Bozeman airport

@kylefopma4108 2 года назад

Doesn’t Phoenix have a direct daily flight to Bozeman on American?

@colonelcactus2462 2 года назад

@@kylefopma4108 Yeah they do.

@HirokaAkita 2 года назад

This is basically the old video "How airlines price flights"... but when everything went wrong.

@wojomojo 2 года назад

It's incredible how Wendover does better airline videos than, say, a dedicated air travel channel like Simply Flying

@polishavgeek1849 2 года назад

Simple Flying be like: My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

@wangzhao2197 2 года назад

They do different type of videos. Simple flying cares more about briefly explaining current tendencies/facts etc. in aviation, while wendover prefer longer videos explaining very complicated topics

@wojomojo 2 года назад

@@wangzhao2197 so the subject matter expert can only do simple while the interloper will do the heavy lifting. ok.

@tsotate 2 года назад

It is a bit surprising that a channel about bricks makes such good airline videos.

@hammerth1421 2 года назад

It's always funny to me how I've never been to LAX and yet can perfectly recognize it in stock footage because I have played GTA.

@HydratedBeans 2 года назад

I always recognize it because of C&C Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge

@-DC- 2 года назад

I have been to LAX hopefully I'll never have to go again !

@stuartd9741 2 года назад

Ooo that is a little scary. A portent of things to come? Augmented reality.....🤔

@matpk 2 года назад

@@-DC- Compare 1930s Nazi Germany Vs 2020s Communist Chinazi IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO Project.

@theWaltVegas 2 года назад

I wonder when he's gonna do a logistics video on Overwatch League.

@ebob1967 2 года назад

Unless your meeting is at or near the Memphis airport, you will likely be late to your 2:00 p.m. meeting if your flight is scheduled to arrive at 1:06 p.m. If my meeting was that important, I would fly out the day before. Also, departing Phoenix at 6:00 a.m. probably means getting to the airport by 4:00 which means waking up at some ungodly hour in the morning.

@glitchyikes 2 года назад

Tried similar timings before, almost died in meeting during the afternoon

@henryzhang7873 2 года назад

Everyone that travels often will have precheck, Clear, or some Priority loyalty class. I never show up more than 20 minutes before *boarding*, which usually means 55 minutes before the flight. When you have status you can just cut everyone else at security.

@ObamaFromKenya 2 года назад

@@henryzhang7873 it’s good to be king

@henryzhang7873 2 года назад

@@ObamaFromKenya if it’s your job, your company will pay the not very much money fee so they aren’t paying you for time you are in the security line. Even if you are salaried, they are paying for your displeasure and reduced productivity

@seansmith5955 2 года назад

@@henryzhang7873 I travel 100+ days a year and don't have any kind of precheck or clear. Literally makes no sense if you're paid hourly. I'd rather get paid 2.5 hours for the drive to the airport and time in security vs 1.5 for the drive and time in security

@shafinibrahimhossain6123 2 года назад

I know it's a Wendover video when the video ENDS LIKE THIS.

@NarendraWicaksono 2 года назад

*Therefore*

@walterbell1529 2 года назад

Thoreau

@thomasa5619 2 года назад

Hopefully you know it’s a wendover video before the end lol

@theguy9208 Год назад

Undergirds

@yadisfhaddad722 2 года назад

I flew recently and I was harassed constantly by the airline with emails about upgrading to business class. I assumed the flight was empty, but instead, business was quite empty and coach was PACKED.

@davidjones8047 2 года назад

Delta/American/United: Help we’re failing because of the lack of business travelers SouthWest: Sorry, I forgot the part where that is my problem

@declannewton2556 2 года назад

United: Budget airlines can't compete against us Frontier/Spirit/Southwest: Are you sure about that.

@staebs 2 года назад

Should just rename the channel: Wendover Air Productions

@LUISOOPS1 2 года назад

Wendovair productions

@karlshorstzwei 2 года назад

@@LUISOOPS1 Wendover Airlines

@Dracogame 2 года назад

Gotta say: I loved 2020. Empty planes, lot of space, no queues… so nice.

@brunolondinese5857 2 года назад

Is almost as if for air travel to function properly it has to be an absolute garbage experience.

@ksmalls7017 2 года назад

Completely agree. I spent more nights on the road in 2020 vs 2019. People couldn’t travel so I went to them. Empty planes and empty hotel rooms were great. Also, the plane cleaning was above average. Now it is back to 2019 standards.

@Dracogame 2 года назад

@@brunolondinese5857 The sad truth is that economy class is not meant to make profit, it's meant to fill the planes up.

@moritlh Год назад

@@Dracogame budget airlines disagree

@ManVsPixels 2 года назад

Exactly the same story on the railway. I work for a train company in the UK. Although passenger numbers are getting back up, they are leisure travellers on cheap tickets. The commuters, the big money annual season ticket purchasers, are nowhere to be seen and revenue is still down because if that.

@stuartd9741 2 года назад

Having a 5% fare increase looming looks likely to continue that way....

@jesseberg3271 2 года назад

That sales rep from Phoenix would not spend 21 hours just sitting around, they'd go walking in Memphis, they'd be walking with their feet ten feet off of Beale. They'd go walking in Memphis, but would they really feel the way they feel?

@jhfdhgvnbjm75 2 года назад

And see the ghost of Elvis, on Union Avenue, maybe follow him up to the gates of Grace land, and watch him walk right through...

@andy347 2 года назад

Nicely done!

@michaelfried3123 2 года назад

I salute you sir but I have just one thing to ask you if you don't mind: "Tell me, are you a Christian child?" and hopefully you'll reply..."Ma'am I am tonight." :)

@jesseberg3271 2 года назад

@@michaelfried3123 every bit as much as Marc Cohn was :D

@michaelfried3123 2 года назад

@@jesseberg3271 same here man. but with so many classic lines from that song I just couldn't help myself or resist asking... :)

@evandowdall975 2 года назад

At 1:40, you have 77% of people in white and 23% in red, even though the number says 67% (and subsequently 33% should be red)

@josnardstorm 2 года назад

I am convinced that he lives in Denver. As someone who has lived in Denver my whole life, I’ve never heard anyone remember that this city exists as much as this guy. He also showed stock footage of Denver’s departures area.

@karlshorstzwei 2 года назад

IIRC he lives in Edinburgh.

@nealwhaley63 2 года назад

Even before the pandemic, businesses no longer paid blindly for travel. Unless you’re a billable employee, you’re expected to keep it cheap. One trip I took, I was required to fly using only frequent flyer miles gathered on the company credit card.

@googiegress7459 2 года назад

Ah, the old "stick your arms out the windows and flap" model. Just remember while you're snarfing down a peanut butter sandwich you brought onto the plane in coach, the execs are clinking champagne glasses with call girls.

@lagautmd 2 года назад

The accountants want to keep it cheap. The managers want to just get the job done, sales made, production problem solved, etc. Time is money. The tension between those two is where the action is. The fact is the managers generally win because they are doing the mission of the company compared to the accountants.Managers are promoted not because they saved a nickel so much as they solved the problem. And, that's the opening the airlines exploit for profitability.

@henryzhang7873 2 года назад

@@lagautmd If you piss off your top performers with shitty flights that means they don't get home at night to their families, they will quit. That's the thing about business travel: you are on the clock and it feels like you are working. People hate working more than they have to. Luckily accountants at my company realized that hiring people and retraining them costs way more than just paying full price for tickets and having flexibility. Flying out of a secondary airport, like Southwest usually does? I'm okay with that if I'm flying for fun, leaving 2 hours early, taking the train etc. For work? Forget it, I'm taking an Uber/Taxi and it might cost $30 more to even get to the other airport.

@matpk 2 года назад

@@lagautmd Compare 1930s Nazi Germany Vs 2020s Communist Chinazi IN YOUR NEXT VIDEO Project.

@lzh4950 2 года назад

Meanwhile most of the companies my father has worked for require his flight to be at least 10h long (but irrespective of seniority) for him to be able to fly in business class e.g. SIN-IST (which on SIA at that time, which he flew, reportedly was using angled instead of fully-flat beds, even for such long-haul flights)

@bobmcgod5214 2 года назад

Here after you appeared on Tom Scott's video.

@MariAna-ou6lx 2 года назад

Decide while others are delaying Begin while others are procrastinating ❤️✨

@brightonrichards4571 2 года назад

God got the best plan for our financial growth and freedom It will take time for things to return to normal, people's jobs were really lost

@shitusinna2820 2 года назад

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@brightonrichards4571 2 года назад

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@sarahb4513 2 года назад

4:55 haha oh gosh. I used to work for southwest (corporate) so I had no choice but to only fly them for business. Because of what you describe there, it usually meant unfairly long work weeks when traveling. so frustrating lol unrelated: this is one of the most accurate and thorough yet concise explainers of airline business in general that I’ve ever seen. Nicely done thanks, I’m sharing this to our interns at other airline.

@andyc9902 Год назад

If it's doable in zoom and meet don't travel

@sarahb4513 Год назад

@@andyc9902 this was many years ago before teleconferencing was at the level it is these days.

@alexmikhylov 2 года назад

I don't think travelling for a single meeting will ever return. I'm kind of baffled that was ever a thing.

@whom382 2 года назад

I was first exposed to video conferencing around 1990. I've always been amazed that it took till COVID for businesses to wake up to it.

@archibaldhernandez5553 2 года назад

Its because of the personal touch. The moment a company loses a big contract because their competitor travelled and built rapport with the client, business travel will return. As for travel for intra-company stuff, I'm not too sure.

@alexmikhylov 2 года назад

@@archibaldhernandez5553 a business that operates on personal touches is a bad business. tat's literal nepotism

@whydontyouhandledeez 2 года назад

@@alexmikhylov But it sure works great.

@NickPoeschek 2 года назад

That’s been only nice thing about COVID, everyone had to figure out Zoom. Before that, setting up a video conference with multiple people was a huge gamble because invariably someone’s camera or mic wouldn’t work, they or their admin person couldn’t log on to the conferencing software, etc. If it was an important meeting that had to happen, people would insist you travel and do it in person. I’m so glad to not have to worry about wasteful and time consuming travel for meetings.

@glitchyikes 2 года назад

I am working in China rn. Just got off a flight. From a leisure backpacker to a business flyer, I see my consumption change drastically. From a 4mth advanced booking to a 4hr rushed purchase. From a leisurely stroll from food court to shops, to mad run from security to gate (a Starbucks quickie if possible). This hits hard, bro.

@juzoli 2 года назад

We just flew to JFK, and the business class was EMPTY. Not a single person was there…

@psikot 2 года назад

Did they upgrade people and sell more economy seats?

@MaddJakd 2 года назад

I'll gladly fly business in place of one of those missing worker drones. Southwest: Never agian!

@duckyishappy 2 года назад

Hopefully, there is an update video planned in January or February because I really like the way that this information is presented, and clearly, you like reporting on it.

@tristanmoller9498 2 года назад

You mean the way this information is presented in the media? Or do you have a problem with this video?

@EibaProductions 2 года назад

I've never heard so much relief between the lines, when I heard Wendover saying "Air travel is back"

@joshuaurbauer3531 2 года назад

At 11 minutes 30 seconds: "Last 18 weeks of July vs 1st 18 Weeks of August".

@tomcads1604 2 года назад

Yep saw it too and looked in the comments who already had pointed it out

@NisargShah95 2 года назад

American Airlines: Once again I am asking for your stimulus. Also American: Give me the money or I start firing workers!

@sauercrowder 2 года назад

Another missing detail here: United has agreements with their largest customers. When I book (or used to book) travel, United was our preferred airline regardless of whether it was cheapest. At the end of the year the company gets some sort of volume reimbursement from United for bringing them the business. United clearly values these agreements, to the point that it even gives me a slight boost in the upgrade list, but we aren't flying anymore. The pandemic has been used as the excuse they needed to curtail travel, and we don't think it will ever really return to the way it was. Maybe that's for the best, I'll miss premier status though.

@pagansbasin6657 2 года назад

Name a better duo than wendover productions and airplanes. YOU CANT

@dfltlightning594 2 года назад

HAI and not being Wendover (or bricks)

@darkleome5409 2 года назад

RLL and Toyota Corolla

@GeeTransit 2 года назад

Hotel and Trivago

@silkyz68 2 года назад

Mustard and airplanes...

@danielblumenthalhoffman2585 2 года назад

I mean, August has felt long, but I never knew there were more than 18 weeks of it!

@azan-183 2 года назад

I was and still am confused about that!

@notsorted8368 2 года назад

Yup 11:30 should say days instead of weeks

@MrNicoJac 2 года назад

Lol, I didn't even notice that 😆

@AmoghA 2 года назад

Wendover Productions is slowly turning into "How to become a trillionare" series by operating airways without a hiccup. And I don't see an issue with that.

@Benstein347 2 года назад

Very interesting video as always! However, I think you're missing part of the equation: Private jets. Netjets and it's parent, Executive Jet Management have paused all jet card sales due to soaring demand, and new clients are being put on waiting lists. Other companies, like XO or Vistajet, are recording record demand and increased sales on their private jet fleets. Have business travelers truly stopped flying, or have they just stopped flying publicly? Food for thought.

@mcalaru 2 года назад

Not a whole lot of businesses can afford private jets, IMO

@BnORailFan 2 года назад

Now you ruined the surprise of his next video! 😁

@Croz89 2 года назад

@@mcalaru If you charter one and you have say, half a dozen or more employees to transport, the price might not be much different. Also, not all small charter jets are the lap of luxury, sure it's probably at least as good as business class on an airline but there are options at different price points. The big advantage of course is flexibility, a charter can be booked to fly pretty much anywhere in the world whenever the company needs it.

@MaddJakd 2 года назад

I was thinking this actually....

@aenorist2431 2 года назад

Wait, people found out that meetings are a giant waste of time, money, space and everything else? And now companies don't fly around people that could be working instead? Shocker.

@LucasMarreiro 2 года назад

nah they just found out that they could have the same waste of time but online. cheaper

@webentwicklungmitrobinspan6935 2 года назад

@@LucasMarreiro they are not a waste of time when they are mission driven. you could use practices from requirements engineering for example. bs meetings are usually the ones where both parties are slowly showing more of their hands to get an edge. you cant do good business with bad people!

@chanachon56 2 года назад

Strictly speaking, one thing that draws people to business class travel is the fact that it is possible to work while in the air. Business class seats universally have more than enough room and privacy for someone to pull out their laptop and work comfortably. This means that it is possible to maintain productivity in transit. Oh, and let's not forget the lounge amenities.

@webentwicklungmitrobinspan6935 2 года назад

@@chanachon56 good point altough they might be less productive, i couldnt realy work with one screen for example, but do some research atleast

@lsdesignweb 2 года назад

In the future maybe low managment will have less travel ... but middle and top? Never, no just because inperson negotations but also cause is a way to get away from the family and have agood time

@SmallTimeTrees 2 года назад

Now do one about how businesses pay way more for internet than home users do - service level agreements are different, but also business can afford it. And they “subsidize” the cost of service for home users. Businesses also usually pay thousands for service installation if the line doesn’t exist - homeowners will usually get access for free.

@smitrajguru477 2 года назад

Another plane video. I was getting worried not seeing a plane video in a while over here. I want the kind of love on obsession is demonstrated in this series on planes. In Wendover we trust!

@MandoMonge 2 года назад

You know it’s a good day when Wendover makes an airline video ^w^

@sebastianelytron8450 2 года назад

What did the basketball player say when he found out how expensive business class plane tickets are? Put me in coach!

@kingsosa8671 2 года назад

get out

@ajclements4627 2 года назад

Ouch.

@popopop984 2 года назад

Bruh

@PP-xs7hu 2 года назад

I don’t get it

@PP-xs7hu 2 года назад

Explain the joke or ill call the police

@yazeedabdullah2098 2 года назад

What facinated me today, two of me all time favorite youtubers have uploaded a video almost respectively. Johnny harris and then wendover production (Sam). Thank you so much for making my day a bit more special.

@ElysiumCreator Год назад

For Ryanair, EasyJet and Southwest, this is basically a dream come true

@shaunpierce4174 2 года назад

I just got back from a long weekend in Dublin, Dublin airport was packed with people at 5am yesterday, I was shocked at how busy it was at that time of day but it also shows that things are rapidly improving.

@knights162 Год назад

Would love a second channel where you provide a follow up on videos like this. What came to fruition, why, why not, how was it handled? "Wendover Return Leg"

@KhaledAlfaris 2 года назад

I have a skill that I have developed over a long period of time watching RU-vid videos. That skill is stopping or skipping the part of the video about ads.

@andy347 2 года назад

Shhhhh, don’t say that out loud. They actually have the ability to prevent you from doing that if the author is so inclined…

@sombradude2725 2 года назад

Or you get sponsorblock

@kk4649k Год назад

3rd quarter revenue for 2022 United beat Southwest and Delta for the first time. United is dramatically changing their plan to leisure travel orientated with the guide of new CEO scott kirby. With zoom calls / skype being used to replace business travel, i will expect all major airlines (UAL, DAL, AA) to keep on going towards that route as well to survive.

@omarbadr9383 2 года назад

Me: Wendover has no more airplane videos to make. Wendover: hold my business-class seat.

@danthecnctoolman8024 Год назад

Two years in the future, time to redo this one

@deehsar52 2 года назад

the company (energy company) i work for has changed our travel plans drastically, sold company plane, and only flights that are 100% needed. like ceo other execs traveling between offices seem to be the only thing we approve now. all standard employees just do team meeting if you need to talk with anyone from different office region. were doing it saving huge cost and also were trying to cut down all c02 we generate.

@googiegress7459 2 года назад

Notice how it's possible for the employees to get the business done without travel, but the C-levels are just too important and still need to fly. Bull. Shit.

@otm646 2 года назад

Your efficiency is dropping even if you don't see it. People need to be face to face, the business deal doesn't get done at the conference table it gets done at the bar or the golf course after work. Trying to push everything remote is trying to negate the basic premise for how humans interact and negotiate. Even if it's just talking to a coworker, you don't build those connections over a zoom call.

@googiegress7459 2 года назад

@@otm646 That reveals an inherent lack of professionalism in the field. "Oh I can't possibly do my work without doing it while relaxing in a bar or golf course." Hear that coming from any blue collar or IT worker and its ridiculousness is obvious. Business people need to grow up and just get the work done.

@uss_04 2 года назад

Another quality airline video from Layover Productions

@SA-ho1mu 2 года назад

Faced with the prospect of waiting around in Memphis: So Memphis is THAT bad that there isn't even anything interesting for a day? haha

@MAtogable 2 года назад

One more caveat Mr Wendover. There is no more cheap jet Fuel to send those AMS below the $0.20 mark

@jbranche8024 2 года назад

Most airlines use fuel hedging to attempt to limit themselves from rising oil prices. Depending on the strategy this is still a gamble and could be good or bad for airlines. I believe it provides them a more stable platform for ticket pricing on future tickets purchased months in advance.

@MAtogable 2 года назад

@@jbranche8024 Good point. I would say all of them hedge, BUT, they didn't hedge through out 2021, much less 2022. Prior to the "negative oil price" day, they were hedged at $70 a barrel and they got burned. Today most are in the spot market or hedging at $700 per ton.

@roryh2241 2 года назад

Hi! Great video! Personal anecdote to add: my college is in a big city in a different state, so I’ve had to fly there and home with all my stuff for the semester. Southwest has roughly the same fare as every other airline, yet they provide 2 checked bags for free, while most other airlines charge somewhere around $40-60 per bag, so I save $100 by using SW. however, when I fly home for winter break, I won’t need to take much with me, so I won’t take SW because it doesn’t fly to as many destinations or as many routes and the open seat policy makes boarding slower and more prone to delays.

@mooseboykyle 2 года назад

I’m doing my part! Been booking last minute flights for work the last two weeks! (And probably for the next few more weeks)

@rileypruitt1834 2 года назад

boooo

@charleskuhn382 2 года назад

What a wonderful choice of background music. It really amps the production value, keep it up!

@benjamingruca3591 2 года назад

I'm a simple guy. I see a Wendover video about airlines, I click.

@Maxyy40 2 года назад

You knew it was only a matter of time until Sam had to an airline video. The RU-vid algorithm was demanding it.

@googiegress7459 2 года назад

His phone rings, and an autotuned voice says "We are going to have a talk about your videos"

@brassicaolaraceaolaracea1115 2 года назад

Wendover and planes>>Twilight

@mini2flyerau Год назад

The amount of detail and work this video must have taken is insane. Great job!

@epicsnake21 2 года назад

I love your video I learn so much! I love these airline ones the most, keep it up Wendover!

@foysalratul 2 года назад

Wendover is the most happy person as air travel is back on track which means he can make a ton of Airplane videos.

@uplink-on-yt 2 года назад

Delta: why the hell did they name a virus variant after us?

@The_Midnight_Bear 2 года назад

Corona beer: indeed

@SoWhat1221 2 года назад

Hilariously, Delta refers to it specifically as "b.1.617.2" in internal and public statements.

@scythal 2 года назад

@@SoWhat1221 You can't call something that shares a name with your company a "virus variant" now, can you?

@furn2313 2 года назад

You can hear the happiness in his voice, Planes are back!

@joehodgson2815 2 года назад

Informative and interesting, a very well written and produced video, well done! :)

@advaykumar9726 2 года назад

Who's here after watching Tom Scott's video?

@chappyhappy8483 2 года назад

Tell that to the bosses who are forcing employees to go into the office when the position can be perfectly WFH.

@stuartd9741 2 года назад

Two models going on here. The work from home climate change ( save Co2) business model. possibly communist ideology. ... Back to the office consumer led, capitalist ideology. .. It seems, this pandemic is being used to wean people off the latter to the former, via behavioral changes.

@sbibek2050 2 года назад

Hands down one of the best informative channels on YT!

@ProducoesBatata 2 года назад

WENDOVER JUST DROPPED BABY

@TheHylianBatman 2 года назад

We weren't allowed to travel, so businesses made it so that their people don't have to. Now that we're allowed to travel again, business now don't need to. I don't think that business flights will ever fully come back the way they were.

@theinspector5 2 года назад

I think it will. Business travel isn't just a transactional thing, it's about building relationships, and you just can't do that through Zoom as well as you can in person. Who are you more likely to give the contract, the company that's willing to actually send someone out to meet with you or the one that just sends you a Zoom link?

@TheHylianBatman 2 года назад

@@theinspector5 Yeah, that's fair. Still, though, that'll be travelling transforming into going the extra mile (literally) rather than the bare minimum. I still don't think it'll go back up to what it was.

@kevincronk7981 2 года назад

Previously business-oriented airlines are gonna have to start charging regular customers more, which will send more customers to airlines like southwest

@GyprockGypsy 2 года назад

Can confirm, on my last 11 flights/connections, business/first class was empty every time. People don't pay for first class out of their own pocket, they pay for it out of the companies.

@brandonmohammed9769 2 года назад

Man I hope Wendover (Sam) never stops making Aviation related videos....or else we riot!

@nolakillabeast 2 года назад

What a great video, as usual. I often thought about how perhaps zoom could replace most meetings, but honnestly its an illusion. There is nothing like a face to face meeting and nothing will ever replace it. In a few years time it will be business travel as usual and I think we would have understood that nothing can replace face to face meetings.

@mryamaho 2 года назад

But it does give companies the choice of whether to have their meetings online or face to face. Nevertheless it’ll be exciting to see the directive of which companies will be basing their decisions on in the future

@RyanMcIntyre 2 года назад

I highly doubt that

@twalt 2 года назад

the idea of people flying across the country for a single meeting is an example of why we seriously need to scale back, as a culture

@thegeniusman8757 2 года назад

It was just a reference. It's not typically true.

@tobiaschristo 2 года назад

Dude, I love this channel. Great job!

@invictusvis4814 2 года назад

4 videos between airplane video? My my Wendover, you're becoming bolder.

@WessonSnyder 2 года назад

Sounds like Delta Airlines has a huge Delta in its revenue.

@andrewmaperson 2 года назад

slow clap

@Oskar0424 2 года назад

Ahaha fuck

@abdinasiromar4423 2 года назад

Another plane vid.....this dude must be nuts with planes😂

@googiegress7459 2 года назад

PlaneNutz™ were a brief fad in the late 90s but were dropped because they caused too many aerodynamic problems.

@webrover1511 2 года назад

Cisco has been optionally remote since 2011 (ish). I worked there and was never assigned an office. When our team would meet in person, we'd pick a Cisco location and grab a meeting room. Every office I've ever visited has been a ghost town.

@warcriminal4183 2 года назад

3:04 As a New Yorker, I’m pretty sure that’s not midtown Manhattan, also, it’s a residential street, which are almost always relatively quiet, and the lack of leaves on the trees shows that it’s not summer

@JaceVibe 2 года назад

I don't see a reason why business travel would ever return to the level where it was before. Truth be told, I am from an Eastern European country and I know very few people who have the money or would ever pay for a business class seat. It always seemed like a waste of money to me, no matter you are a businessman or a tourist.

@nothandmade9686 2 года назад

Tourist will end up paying more as the trend of cheaper early ticket buying becomes impossible.

@sheeperskipps 2 года назад

This is a really good video! Not clickbait, I’m learning, and I’m actually enjoying the watching session

@sydneywilhelmy5194 2 года назад

Loved the shot of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport thrown in there!!!

@boehmb 2 года назад

Great video, as usual. Before covid I was at the airport every other week. I haven't been on an airplane since Feb 2020. I miss it - and I don't - all at the same time.

@moonspear 2 года назад

@1:39 just so you know, you said 67% at this point, but your graphic shows 77% (77 white figures and 23 red figures)

@jimothytimothy8146 2 года назад

Airlines: exist Wendover:

@jacobmittelstaedt4780 2 года назад

Honestly these videos are interesting, but it will never stop being strange to me that youre passionate about airline logistics

@Oskar0424 2 года назад

The gym near me has finally reopened, Wendover dropped a plane video, life is back to normal

@carlramirez6339 2 года назад

I've never really understood business class. If my employer paid for me to travel, I'd gladly travel on economy class because I love travelling.

@hyperspeed1313 2 года назад

For domestic flights it doesn't make that much sense. For long-haul it really does. My employer will pay for business class on any 10+ hour flight or set of connected flights and for that length in the air it really makes sense, especially now that many business class cabins have lie-flat bed seats.

@sexygeek8996 2 года назад

Most employers only pay for business class for company bigwigs. They pay high fares for economy class for everyone else because of poor planning.

@MaddJakd 2 года назад

I mean, business travel or not, space 🤩 and I guess amenities too lol If one could afford to not travel like a sardine, I know I would pay the premium

@Hoopsagain1 Год назад

Would be keen to see an update on this situation!

@ashleystrout6651 2 года назад

"The delta variant" - oh you sweet summer child.

@TheRealUnconnected 2 года назад

‘Europe & the USA experienced their biggest holiday ever’ Me locked down in Australia for the last 10 weeks :( I need to get out of this prison island.

@airops423 2 года назад

The news coming out of Australia is crazy..

@MrDelta88 2 года назад

Australia is going back to its roots.

@TheRealUnconnected 2 года назад

@@airops423 yep - New Zealand also bad. A guys wife died and the police are refusing to allow them to have a funeral, he can go and stand across the road from the cemetery to watch her get buried but if he tries to get close he’ll be arrested. Fucking bullshit dictatorships south of the equator right now.

@airops423 2 года назад

@@TheRealUnconnected Insanity

@pritapp788 2 года назад

That's what you get for having an anti-science Prime Minister who believes lockdowns will magically make the virus disappear from the surface of the globe instead of ordering vaccines. Australia and NZ are the only places in the world not having a proper vaccination strategy or procurement process right now.

@NorroTaku 2 года назад

we should scale down planes on favor of high speed trains anyway and "business travel" is money wasted 90% of business travel can be done with video calls

@MaddJakd 2 года назад

Gonna repeat whats been the case for years now. "Easier said than done" Talking about damn near uprooting current infrastructure completely in some countries to make a proper, effective high speed rail. And waisted or not, some of us like being able to travel and see a bit more than our 2 square inches of thw world. Even if we can't always go on a full expedition of our our volition 🥴

@onocoffee 2 года назад

So much truth in this video. Most of my flying is for business and internationally. I'll typically do at least 12 trips a year on United. I haven't been anywhere since Dec 2019 and it doesn't look like our travel will start again until 2022.