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Samoa Air Rolling Out "Pay As You Weigh" Fares

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday April 3, 2013 @02:14AM from the swim-instead dept.

cylonlover writes "Thrifty Samoans looking to take a trip may want to shed a few pounds before booking a flight with Samoan Air after the airline announced the implementation of a 'pay as you weigh' system. Unlike some other airlines that have courted controversy by forcing some obese passengers to purchase two seats, Samoa's national carrier will charge passengers based on their weight." They have a demo fare calculator for the curious.

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Re:sounds good by X0563511 · 2013-04-03 02:30 · Score: 5, Informative

Yes they are. "Step 2. Enter your details, including your estimated weight(s) of passengers and baggage"

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Re:More person, more cost. Fine. by jeffmeden · 2013-04-03 03:13 · Score: 5, Informative

So I'm betting that 10 tones is far less than a 5% increase in overall weight. So the increase in costs divided among the passengers is going to get pretty small pretty quickly.
It seems like they're being penny-wise/pound foolish on this...
If Samoa Air were a normal international airline, you would be right. However, they are a regional airline with small prop planes, where individual passenger weight does make up a significant percentage of the total flying weight.